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Sunday 3 July 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Furyk wins Cialis Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois · Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July 2005 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Cialis
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/23°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 38 · 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 272began five back and went birdie-birdie-eagle on 9-11 to catch Furyk, then bogeyed 13 and 14; Furyk answered with three straight birdies on 10-12 and Woods' closing 66 left him two behind Golf Today: Cialis Western Open 2005 round 4 report (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Cialis Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Furyk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 July 2005
Choked, it's kind of like a four letter word with five letters; how's that?
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 July 2005
2nd is not really that much fun, especially when you have the lead most of the day. This takes a little bit of the sting out of that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 July 2005
Then the putt was just a bomb, you know, I was just trying to throw up a death charge and just not three putt like I did over on 5, and it somehow fell in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 64 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 73 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| 3 | Ben Curtis | 64 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 275 | −9 |
| 4 | Billy Mayfair | 72 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Pat Perez | 74 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Brett Quigley | 69 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Charles Warren | 71 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Heath Slocum | 72 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Shaun Micheel | 71 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T10 | Freddie Jacobson | 73 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T10 | Bob Tway | 74 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T10 | Tim Herron | 68 · 66 · 70 · 75 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1992; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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