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Sunday 16 July 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Senden wins John Deere Classic
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 July 2006 · John Senden’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · John Deere
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/22°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/21°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/23°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 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
- J.P. Hayes USA · 266closed with a 65 and briefly tied Senden with a two-putt birdie at the par-5 17th after missing his eagle putt there, then saved par from a bunker at 18 but Senden birdied 17 and parred 18; one back Kim wins in LPGA playoff (The Honolulu Advertiser news roundup, AP)
155 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
John Deere Classic
TPC Deere Run, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Senden
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 July 2006
It is like as if it is not a monkey off your back, but something that is a dream that you can go out there and say, hey look, I am a PGA Tour winner now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 July 2006
It's a lot better feeling going to go to the British now that you are a winner rather than just qualifying through a system.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 July 2006
You know, I could have looked at it all day and I would have been unsure. To top it off, I didn't put a good stroke on it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Senden | 64 · 69 · 64 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | J.P. Hayes | 64 · 71 · 66 · 65 | 266 | −18 |
| T3 | Alex Cejka | 69 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Heath Slocum | 69 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | John Riegger | 67 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | B.J. Staten | 66 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Kent Jones | 71 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Billy Mayfair | 70 · 70 · 63 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Patrick Sheehan | 68 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T10 | Bubba Dickerson | 68 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Jeff Overton | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Todd Hamilton | 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Jason Gore | 67 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Daisuke Maruyama | 66 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Daniel Chopra | 64 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Joe Ogilvie | 65 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1971-04-20, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 113 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet