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Sunday 5 February 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Holmes wins FBR Open
TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 February 2006 · J.B. Holmes’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,200,000 USD · FBR
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/6°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/7°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/8°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/11°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 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
- Ryan Palmer USA · 270Led by a stroke with nine holes to play, then bogeyed the 11th after driving into water and made a triple-bogey 8 at the 15th (water twice) for a closing 72, seven behind Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Steve Lowery USA · 270Closed with 67 to share second, seven shots behind Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Scott Verplank USA · 270Closed with 68 to share second, seven shots behind Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Camilo Villegas COL · 270PGA Tour rookie; closed with 69 to share second, seven shots behind Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- J.J. Henry USA · 270Closed with 72 to share second, seven shots behind Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FBR Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course, Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
J.B. Holmes
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 February 2006
This was something that I really wanted. I get another chance almost every week. Q school you have one chance.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 February 2006
My dad could have been in the front row of every green and I probably wouldn't have saw him.
Holmes gains maiden tour victory (Golf Today report; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
5 February 2006
Everything has happened so fast, it probably hasn't sunk in yet,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.B. Holmes | 68 · 64 · 65 · 66 | 263 | −21 |
| T2 | Steve Lowery | 65 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Scott Verplank | 69 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Camilo Villegas | 68 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Ryan Palmer | 68 · 66 · 64 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | J.J. Henry | 67 · 61 · 70 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Jonathan Byrd | 70 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Justin Leonard | 69 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Arron Oberholser | 67 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Dean Wilson | 69 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1982-04-26, Campbellsville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2005; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 465 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet