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Sunday 29 January 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 January 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 47 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,100,000 USD · Buick
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/8°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/10°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/8°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/9°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 21 · 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
- José María Olazábal ESP · 278Posted 10 under with a birdie at the 18th to set the target, then lost on the second playoff hole (the 16th) when he missed a short par putt after a fine bunker shot Tiger Woods wins three way playoff (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Nathan Green AUS · 278Rookie in his second PGA Tour start; holed a 77-yard wedge for eagle at the 13th to lead by two, bogeyed 15 and 17, birdied the 18th to join the playoff, then went out on the first extra hole with a bogey 6 after hitting his 3-wood into the grandstand Nathan Green excited by over achievement (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 January 2006
I've had that putt before, and I know that putt doesn't break as much as it looks.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 January 2006
I hit a 60 degree wedge and I should have hit a 56 to get rid of the spin, and I think that was the only mistake I made on that shot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 January 2006
I probably should have dropped it as close as I could to the fence and let it bounce back toward me and then get to place the ball. That was just a rookie mistake, I suppose.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | José María Olazábal | 74 · 64 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Nathan Green | 67 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Jonathan Kaye | 67 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | John Rollins | 69 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | 71 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Arjun Atwal | 70 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | 71 · 67 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 68 · 68 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Henrik Bjornstad | 68 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Tim Clark | 68 · 66 · 74 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Jesper Parnevik | 67 · 67 · 73 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Brandt Jobe | 65 · 67 · 75 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Rod Pampling | 70 · 67 · 68 · 76 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 47; majors to date: 10; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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