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Monday 4 September 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Deutsche Bank Championship
TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, USA · Friday 1 to Monday 4 September 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 53 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · Deutsche Bank · Friday-to-Monday event: final round played on Monday, Labor Day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/16°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 58 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 14 km/h W, 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 270Led by three after a career-best 61 in the third round, but Woods caught him within three holes (eagle at 2, birdie at 3) and pulled away with a second eagle at 7; Singh closed with a 68, two back Tiger Woods wins 5th straight title (Golf Today, 2006; Wayback Machine copy)
, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Deutsche Bank Championship
TPC Boston, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 September 2006
I just had to run him down as fast as possible, try to at least get him by the front nine was over. But I was able to do it within three holes.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 September 2006
Everything can always be better. This game is fluid. It's always changing, it's always evolving and you can always get better. That's the great thing about it. You can get better tomorrow than you are today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 September 2006
There's nothing bad about my golf, he just played better today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 72 · 67 · 63 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 71 · 61 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Brian Bateman | 69 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | 70 · 66 · 73 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 67 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −7 |
| 6 | J.J. Henry | 68 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Frank Lickliter II | 71 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | 71 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Stephen Leaney | 70 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Aaron Baddeley | 67 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Shaun Micheel | 69 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 53; majors to date: 12; 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