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Sunday 13 March 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Harrington wins the Honda Classic
The Country Club at Mirasol, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 March 2005 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · Honda
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 274Closed with 64 to reach the playoff, missed a 15-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole, then missed a 2½-foot par putt at the second Harrington's Irish luck finally pays off (Las Vegas Sun, Sun Wire Services, 2005-03-14)
- Joe Ogilvie USA · 274Closed with a bogey-free 68 but left birdie putts short at 17 and 18; drove into the left fairway bunker at 18 on the first playoff hole and went out ASAP Sports interview transcript: Joe Ogilvie, The Honda Classic, 2005-03-13
144 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
The Country Club at Mirasol (Sunrise Course), The Country Club at Mirasol, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 March 2005
So I decided I would play more over here to try to win an event just to get that monkey off my back.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 March 2005
Well, I hit it to the one place on 18 that you absolutely cannot hit it.
Harrington's Irish luck finally pays off (Las Vegas Sun, Sun Wire Services, 2005-03-14)
13 March 2005
I hit that putt too hard. Obviously, you can't miss putts like that in a playoff.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 73 · 69 · 69 · 63 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 69 · 70 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Joe Ogilvie | 73 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Pat Perez | 69 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 5 | David Toms | 71 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 69 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | 73 · 67 · 64 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Brett Wetterich | 66 · 66 · 72 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Lucas Glover | 70 · 71 · 74 · 63 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 71 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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