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Sunday 8 January 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 January 2006 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,400,000 USD · Mercedes
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/20°C · wind 37 km/h ENE, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/21°C · wind 40 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/21°C · wind 40 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/21°C · wind 40 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 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 · 284Started five back and shot 66, the week's low round by three, to post 8 under; three-putted the 17th, then lost the playoff when he missed a nine-foot birdie putt and Appleby got up and down from the bunker Appleby rules as King of Kapalua (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-09)
, 28 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 January 2006
This one was the hardest in test of your game and mentally and physically because it was a real windy week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 January 2006
First time great. Second time awesome. Third time, it's the wrong English, but more awesomer.
Appleby rules as King of Kapalua (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-09)
8 January 2006
It's not that I putted badly, I just didn't make any putts. I hate putting in windy conditions like that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 71 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 74 · 74 · 66 | 284 | −8 |
| 3 | Jim Furyk | 72 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 288 | −4 |
| T4 | Vaughn Taylor | 74 · 73 · 72 · 71 | 290 | −2 |
| T4 | Michael Campbell | 72 · 72 · 71 · 75 | 290 | −2 |
| 6 | Lucas Glover | 74 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 291 | −1 |
| 7 | Sergio Garcia | 71 · 74 · 73 · 75 | 293 | +1 |
| 8 | Justin Leonard | 72 · 78 · 72 · 72 | 294 | +2 |
| 9 | Bart Bryant | 74 · 72 · 76 · 73 | 295 | +3 |
| 10 | Peter Lonard | 74 · 74 · 73 · 75 | 296 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 30 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet