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Sunday 15 January 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Toms wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 January 2006 · David Toms’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,100,000 USD · Sony
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/23°C · wind 47 km/h ENE, gusts 67 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/23°C · wind 46 km/h E, gusts 68 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/23°C · wind 36 km/h E, gusts 58 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/23°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 39 · 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
- Rory Sabbatini RSA · 266First-round leader; rallied with a final-round 62 to take a share of second, five behind Tom runs away at Sony (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-16; with final scores)
- Chad Campbell USA · 266Started the final round tied with Toms after a Saturday 62, parred the first seven, bogeyed the 8th to trail by four at the turn, hit just two fairways and closed with 70 Tom runs away at Sony (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-16; with final scores)
, 82 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Toms
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 January 2006
I think you have to really, really want to do it before it's going to happen.
Tom runs away at Sony (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-16; with final scores)
15 January 2006
I played terrible today. David played good,
Tom runs away at Sony (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2006-01-16; with final scores)
15 January 2006
After getting through on No. 5, I looked back and David was 2-under through four. I figured at that point he was on today and he wasn't going to let anybody catch him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Toms | 66 · 69 · 61 · 65 | 261 | −19 |
| T2 | Rory Sabbatini | 65 · 72 · 67 · 62 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Chad Campbell | 67 · 67 · 62 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| 4 | Bubba Watson | 67 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| 5 | Nathan Green | 70 · 70 · 65 · 64 | 269 | −11 |
| 6 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Charles Warren | 66 · 74 · 64 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Carl Pettersson | 71 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 71 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | J.B. Holmes | 70 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1967-01-04, Monroe, Louisiana; USA; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 1; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet