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Sunday 19 March 2006PGA TourYear in Review

Pampling wins Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard

Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March 2006 · Rod Pampling’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · MasterCard

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 55 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R126°/10°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/14°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R327°/15°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R426°/13°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, 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

120 started, 72 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard

Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Rod Pampling

274Total
−14To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

It will always be looked at as the one that Greg kind of 3 putted, but I know I played great all week.

Rod Pampling, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 19 March 2006. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Just when we were in signing the cards. I just said, "I don't know what to say but I'm sorry."

Rod Pampling, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 19 March 2006. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I had it in my pocket. It was there and I threw it away.

Greg Owen, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 19 March 2006. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Rod Pampling70 · 65 · 67 · 72274
2Greg Owen70 · 69 · 67 · 69275
3Darren Clarke73 · 70 · 63 · 70276
4Robert Allenby68 · 67 · 73 · 69277
T5Ted Purdy69 · 71 · 71 · 67278
T5Lee Westwood68 · 71 · 72 · 67278
7Vijay Singh71 · 71 · 68 · 69279
T8Justin Rose70 · 70 · 71 · 69280
T8Tom Pernice Jr.68 · 73 · 68 · 71280
T10Fred Funk69 · 75 · 68 · 69281
T10Joey Sindelar70 · 73 · 69 · 69281
T10Scott Verplank72 · 69 · 70 · 70281
T10Dean Wilson66 · 70 · 73 · 72281
T10Sergio Garcia68 · 69 · 71 · 73281
The golfer

born 1969-09-23, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

Source

What’s in the bag

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