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Sunday 8 May 2005PGA TourYear in Review

Singh wins Wachovia Championship

Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 May 2005 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 27 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Wachovia

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

13 h 39 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R118°/12°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R220°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 53 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R326°/7°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R430°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 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

156 started, 79 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Wachovia Championship

Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Vijay Singh

276Total
−12To par
playoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Vijay Singh interview, 2005-05-08 (ASAP Sports)

Whoever gets one up, that's it. That's how you've got to play the playoffs.

Vijay Singh, quoted in Vijay Singh interview, 2005-05-08 (ASAP Sports), 8 May 2005. The report

Jim Furyk interview (ASAP Sports; page dated May 9, 2005)

sometimes just getting that close and coming up short is a little worse than finishing 5th.

Jim Furyk, quoted in Jim Furyk interview (ASAP Sports; page dated May 9, 2005), 9 May 2005. The report

Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-05-08 (ASAP Sports)

To see that you hit it to ten feet every time and you can't make a putt and you can't make a putt

Sergio Garcia, quoted in Sergio Garcia interview, 2005-05-08 (ASAP Sports), 8 May 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Vijay Singh70 · 69 · 71 · 66276−12
T2Jim Furyk69 · 72 · 69 · 66276−12
T2Sergio Garcia66 · 71 · 67 · 72276−12
4Chris DiMarco74 · 67 · 73 · 66280−8
T5Carlos Franco72 · 74 · 70 · 66282−6
T5Vaughn Taylor74 · 70 · 71 · 67282−6
T7Phil Mickelson71 · 73 · 73 · 66283−5
T7Greg Owen74 · 67 · 71 · 71283−5
9D.J. Trahan72 · 67 · 71 · 74284−4
10Billy Mayfair76 · 72 · 70 · 67285−3
The golfer

born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 27; majors to date: 3; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Wachovia Championship' (week 19/2005), OWGR player profile).

Source

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