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Sunday 5 March 2006PGA TourYear in Review

Woods wins Ford Championship at Doral

Doral, Miami, Florida · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 March 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 48 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · Ford

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

The weather

11 h 34 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R125°/19°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R226°/18°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R325°/18°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 44 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R423°/19°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 35 · 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

, 72 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Ford Championship at Doral

Doral (Blue Monster course), Doral, Miami, Florida

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Tiger Woods

268Total
−20To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I look at it this way, I put myself there. So if I put myself there enough times, those things are going to happen

Tiger Woods, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 March 2006. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Now I know exactly what to do and I can rectify it on the very next shot.

Tiger Woods, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 March 2006. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I know I cost myself a lot of money on the last hole, but really; it's about that, but in the end, it's really not.

David Toms, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 March 2006. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Tiger Woods64 · 67 · 68 · 69268−20
T2David Toms66 · 66 · 70 · 67269−19
T2Camilo Villegas65 · 66 · 71 · 67269−19
4Freddie Jacobson70 · 67 · 68 · 68273−15
T5Lucas Glover67 · 67 · 71 · 69274−14
T5Tag Ridings68 · 69 · 66 · 71274−14
T7Jeff Sluman69 · 68 · 72 · 66275−13
T7Jerry Kelly69 · 70 · 68 · 68275−13
T7Ernie Els72 · 65 · 69 · 69275−13
T7Carlos Franco69 · 67 · 70 · 69275−13
T7Rich Beem65 · 67 · 69 · 74275−13
The golfer

born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 48; majors to date: 10; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

Source

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