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Sunday 6 November 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Bryant wins the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 November 2005 · Bart Bryant’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,500,000 USD · Coca-Cola
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/4°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/8°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 0.5 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 · 269began the final round four strokes back and birdied three of four holes from the 9th, but Bryant answered with long birdie putts at 11 and 12; Woods closed with a 69, six behind Bart Bryant coasts to six shot victory - The Tour Championship 2005 (Golf Today; Wayback Machine copy)
, 29 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bart Bryant
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2005
I feared choking my guts out a lot, all week long. You know, sometimes that fear, you can kind of turn it around and it works for you.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2005
My worst statistic was always the money stat. I was terrible on that. I was good in all the rest.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2005
He just kept hitting fairways and greens and making a couple putts and he had a little spurt on the back nine that basically iced it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bart Bryant | 62 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 263 | −17 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| 3 | Scott Verplank | 67 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Retief Goosen | 64 · 66 · 69 · 74 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 68 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Adam Scott | 73 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Ben Crane | 68 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1962-11-18, Gatesville, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1986; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 44 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet