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Sunday 6 November 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Slocum wins Southern Farm Bureau Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 November 2005 · Heath Slocum’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Southern Farm Bureau · Wikipedia's 2005 PGA Tour schedule lists the event on Nov 6 with an original date of Oct 9 struck through; the reason for the move was not found in a source opened. Played opposite the Tour Championship.
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 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/4°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/12°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/19°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 48 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0.2 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
- Loren Roberts USA · 269tied with Slocum at 20 under on the 17th tee, drove into the water and bogeyed while Slocum birdied; closed with 68 Heath Slocum gains two shot win - Southern Farm Bureau Classic 2005 (Golf Today; Wayback Machine copy)
- Carl Pettersson SWE · 269at 20 under in a four-way share of the lead until a bogey at the 16th; closed with 67, the week after his Chrysler Championship win Heath Slocum gains two shot win - Southern Farm Bureau Classic 2005 (Golf Today; Wayback Machine copy)
, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Southern Farm Bureau Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Heath Slocum
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
6 November 2005
This area, it's so resilient. They keep coming back … The area's starving for a way to get out of (Katrina's aftermath) just for a little while and enjoy some golf and just have a good time.
Golf Today
6 November 2005
Hearing that same voice that I've heard all my life, `Commit to this, stay still,' it was nice
Golf Today
6 November 2005
Really, the only bad shot I hit the whole week was the tee shot at 17 … I hit a poor shot. That's my fault.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heath Slocum | 69 · 68 · 64 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Loren Roberts | 68 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 4 | Joey Snyder III | 67 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Woody Austin | 69 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Shaun Micheel | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Bob Tway | 64 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Bo Van Pelt | 66 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | John Cook | 69 · 65 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Charlie Wi | 68 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Tag Ridings | 68 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1974-02-03, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 140 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet