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Sunday 10 April 2005PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 2005 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 43 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · 69th Masters; heavy rain delayed the start by more than five hours Thursday: the first round finished Friday morning, the second spilled into Saturday and the third was completed Sunday morning before the final round
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/17°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 54 · 26.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/9°C · wind 8 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Chris DiMarco USA · 276Lost a sudden-death playoff on the first extra hole; had forced it by holing a 10-foot par putt at the 72nd after his birdie chip hit the pin, while Woods bogeyed 17 and 18 2005 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
93 started · cut +4, 50 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chris DiMarco
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 April 2005
Got a great break on 16, didn't go in the bunker, didn't go in the rough and somehow an earthquake happened and it fell in the hole.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 April 2005
He's hanging in there and so that's why it meant so much for me to be able to win this tournament with him kind of struggling, maybe give him a little hope, a little more fire to keep fighting.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 April 2005
Any time you can make him hiccup a little bit, you know you're doing something right.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 74 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Chris DiMarco | 67 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Retief Goosen | 71 · 75 · 70 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 68 · 77 · 69 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Mark Hensby | 69 · 73 · 70 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Trevor Immelman | 73 · 73 · 65 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Rod Pampling | 73 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Mike Weir | 74 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| 10 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 72 · 69 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 43; majors to date: 9; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2005); BBC: the win 'regained his world number one spot').
What’s in the bag
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