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Sunday 23 July 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Rollins wins B.C. Open
Atunyote Golf Club, Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2006 · John Rollins’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 30 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/17°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 28.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 2.8 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
- Bob May USA · 270closed with a 64 to post 18 under, but Rollins holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win by one; May's third career runner-up finish Rollins sinks birdie on 18 for win (The Honolulu Advertiser, AP)
132 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
B.C. Open
Atunyote Golf Club (Turning Stone Resort), Atunyote Golf Club, Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Rollins
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Honolulu Advertiser (AP)
23 July 2006
It was not the easiest of putts to have when you need to make one to win … I just stepped up, told myself I'd made a 1,000 of them or more in my career, and rolled it in.
The Honolulu Advertiser (AP)
23 July 2006
It's not like a one-time fluke anymore. I've got that out of my own mind, if it was there or if it was on anybody else's mind.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Rollins | 67 · 70 · 68 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Bob May | 73 · 66 · 67 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Shigeki Maruyama | 68 · 71 · 67 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Omar Uresti | 67 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | David Branshaw | 71 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Nicholas Thompson | 69 · 70 · 70 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Scott Gutschewski | 67 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Matt Gogel | 67 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Larry Mize | 69 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Daisuke Maruyama | 67 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 67 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1975-06-25, Richmond, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1997; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 136 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet