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Sunday 21 August 2005PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August 2005 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 45 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · NEC · third round suspended Saturday by storms and completed Sunday morning before the final round (AP via ESPN)
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/22°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 45 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 10.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/21°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 42 · 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
- Chris DiMarco USA · 275closed with a 68 from four back and stood at 6 under on the 17th tee, but flew the green with a misclubbed approach and bogeyed 17; Woods' birdie on 16 then won it by one ASAP Sports transcript: Chris DiMarco, WGC NEC Invitational, 2005-08-21
71 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 August 2005
I thought it was going to lip out, which was how my whole day was going, but it lipped in, which was sweet.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 August 2005
We need to keep playing more in Ohio. It's that simple. We don't have enough tournaments here.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 August 2005
Bridesmaid is getting old, I can promise you that, especially when I've played good enough to get there and not gotten it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| 2 | Chris DiMarco | 67 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| T3 | Ryan Palmer | 72 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T3 | Paul McGinley | 71 · 66 · 67 · 72 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 69 · 67 · 74 · 67 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | David Howell | 70 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 70 · 69 · 64 · 74 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 70 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | David Toms | 71 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | José María Olazábal | 72 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 45; majors to date: 10; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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