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Sunday 12 June 2005PGA TourYear in Review

Garcia wins Booz Allen Classic

Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 2005 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Booz Allen Hamilton

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

14 h 42 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R131°/22°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 39 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R231°/23°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 38 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R331°/22°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R430°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 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

154 started, 70 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Booz Allen Classic

Congressional Country Club, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Sergio Garcia

270Total
−14To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports)

The back nine is probably the best nine holes in a row I've seen in my life.

Sergio Garcia, quoted in Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports), 12 June 2005. The report

Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports)

They should just move the U.S. Open one week earlier

Sergio Garcia, quoted in Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports), 12 June 2005. The report

Adam Scott interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports)

It was a bit of a bad break, really. You get the good breaks when you win.

Adam Scott, quoted in Adam Scott interview, 2005-06-12 (ASAP Sports), 12 June 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Sergio Garcia71 · 68 · 66 · 65270−14
T2Davis Love III69 · 68 · 69 · 66272
T2Ben Crane67 · 70 · 68 · 67272
T2Adam Scott68 · 67 · 69 · 68272
5Ryuji Imada70 · 71 · 66 · 67274
6Rory Sabbatini69 · 68 · 68 · 70275
T7Joey Snyder III69 · 72 · 67 · 68276−8
T7Rod Pampling70 · 71 · 66 · 69276−8
T7Joe Durant70 · 67 · 70 · 69276−8
T7Matt Gogel63 · 72 · 70 · 71276−8
T7Stuart Appleby70 · 69 · 65 · 72276−8
T7Ernie Els69 · 67 · 68 · 72276−8
The golfer

born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Booz Allen Classic' (week 24/2005), OWGR player profile).

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