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Sunday 30 January 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Leonard wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West (Palmer Course), La Quinta, California · Wednesday 26 to Sunday 30 January 2005 · Justin Leonard’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,700,000 USD · Chrysler
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/11°C · wind 7 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/11°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/11°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Joe Ogilvie USA · 335Led from the opening round and by two going into the final day, but bogeyed the first and third, double-bogeyed the 10th after finding water and closed with a 73 Justin Leonard clinches title with closing 67 (Golf Today report, wire-style copy; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Tim Clark RSA · 335Arrived after winning in South Africa the previous week and closed with a 69 to share second, three behind Justin Leonard clinches title with closing 67 (Golf Today report, wire-style copy; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West (Palmer Course), PGA West (Palmer Course), La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Leonard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 January 2005
Yeah, for me it was when, not if. I was never concerned would I ever win again. I just knew I would.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 January 2005
you'll write this, but I'm from Texas, and so I play better in the wind, at least that's what I'm supposed to do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 January 2005
The rain dance didn't work last night. I was trying for a rain-out but it didn't happen.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | 66 · 67 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 332 | −28 |
| T2 | Tim Clark | 70 · 66 · 64 · 66 · 69 | 335 | −25 |
| T2 | Joe Ogilvie | 64 · 63 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 335 | −25 |
| T4 | Loren Roberts | 68 · 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 336 | −24 |
| T4 | Peter Lonard | 67 · 64 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 336 | −24 |
| T6 | Tim Herron | 68 · 64 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 337 | −23 |
| T6 | John Senden | 69 · 67 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 337 | −23 |
| T8 | Andrew Magee | 68 · 69 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Jerry Kelly | 68 · 67 · 64 · 69 · 70 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 70 · 64 · 63 · 71 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 70 · 65 · 65 · 71 | 338 | −22 |
The golfer
born 1972-06-15, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 1994; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 40 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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