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Sunday 22 January 2006PGA TourYear in Review

Campbell wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

The Classic Club, Coachella Valley, California (final round; event played over four courses) · Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 January 2006 · Chad Campbell’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Chrysler · 90-hole pro-am event over five days (Wednesday-Sunday)

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

The weather

9 h 10 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 25° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1-2°/-8°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 56 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R2-1°/-12°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 42 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R31°/-3°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R4-2°/-10°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R52°/-9°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 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

, 77 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

The Classic Club, The Classic Club, Coachella Valley, California (final round; event played over four courses)

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Chad Campbell

335Total
−25To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

The 6-iron I hit out of the bunker was what saved the whole day.

Chad Campbell, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 22 January 2006. The report

Chad Campbell claims three shot win (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)

I want to win so bad, sometimes you just get uptight. I'm going to have to find a comfort zone.

Scott Verplank, quoted in Chad Campbell claims three shot win (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page), 22 January 2006. The report

Jesper Parnevik surprise at late surge (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)

I think it's the only sport where you can work 10 times harder than you ever have and you get 10 times worse than you ever did.

Jesper Parnevik, quoted in Jesper Parnevik surprise at late surge (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page), 22 January 2006. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Chad Campbell63 · 66 · 68 · 67 · 71335−25
T2Jesper Parnevik69 · 69 · 71 · 62 · 67338−22
T2Scott Verplank68 · 68 · 65 · 64 · 73338−22
4John Huston65 · 71 · 68 · 67 · 68339−21
T5Mike Weir67 · 69 · 69 · 66 · 70341−19
T5Phil Mickelson66 · 69 · 68 · 67 · 71341−19
T5John Senden70 · 63 · 68 · 67 · 73341−19
T8Jeff Maggert67 · 71 · 69 · 64 · 72343−17
T8Olin Browne65 · 69 · 71 · 66 · 72343−17
T10Lucas Glover66 · 75 · 70 · 67 · 66344−16
T10Bernhard Langer70 · 70 · 67 · 65 · 72344−16
T10Billy Mayfair68 · 70 · 68 · 66 · 72344−16
T10Ryan Palmer70 · 69 · 67 · 66 · 72344−16
T10Rory Sabbatini71 · 68 · 68 · 64 · 73344−16
T10Justin Rose70 · 70 · 64 · 66 · 74344−16
The golfer

born 1974-05-31, Andrews, Texas; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 30 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

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