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Sunday 6 August 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 50 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 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
14 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 19.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 30 · 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 267closed with an 8-under 64 and briefly tied Woods after his bogey at 12, but Woods birdied 13, 15 and 18; three back At 30, Tiger becomes youngest to 50 PGA wins (AP via ESPN)
154 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
I enjoy playing where single-digits is a good winning score; if you shoot 70 or 69, that will shoot you up the board. Here, you will get run over with spike marks all over your back.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
Started out my career just hoping to get my card and I was able to do that, and lo and behold, I got on a nice little run there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
So I could not have played any better, basically from about 6 to 15, I played as good as I had and I really wish I could have applied more pressure.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 68 · 69 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Joe Durant | 65 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Sean O'Hair | 68 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Vaughn Taylor | 67 · 71 · 63 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | 68 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 69 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Harrison Frazar | 70 · 64 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Woody Austin | 65 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Brett Quigley | 65 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 50; majors to date: 11; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet