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Sunday 6 February 2005PGA TourYear in Review

Mickelson wins FBR Open

TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February 2005 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 24 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,200,000 USD · FBR

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 31 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R120°/7°C · wind 23 km/h NE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R220°/6°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R318°/6°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R416°/9°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 28 · 1.2 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

, 77 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

FBR Open

TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Phil Mickelson

267Total
−17To par
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

If I let that slide and get to 6 or 7 over, that 60 that I shot would have just gotten me to make the cut.

Phil Mickelson, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 6 February 2005. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

To be able to walk up the 18th hole knowing I'm going to win, that's a cool feeling, not feeling the stress but being able to enjoy it.

Phil Mickelson, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 6 February 2005. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Really after I made the eagle I kind of checked it out to see what Phil was doing, and he was pretty far out there to catch, and he was playing very well.

Scott McCarron, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 6 February 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Phil Mickelson73 · 60 · 66 · 68267−17
T2Scott McCarron72 · 70 · 65 · 65272−12
T2Kevin Na68 · 65 · 70 · 69272−12
T4Tim Herron73 · 66 · 67 · 67273−11
T4David Toms71 · 66 · 68 · 68273−11
T4Steve Flesch70 · 67 · 67 · 69273−11
7Kenny Perry70 · 67 · 67 · 70274−10
8Charles Warren69 · 68 · 69 · 69275−9
T9Hunter Mahan68 · 69 · 72 · 67276−8
T9Mark Calcavecchia74 · 66 · 65 · 71276−8
The golfer

born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 24; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

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