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Sunday 26 March 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Ames wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2006 · Stephen Ames’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 44 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/7°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/5°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 38 · 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 280Birdied the first few holes to get within about one, then bogeyed 13 and 15; Ames's eagle at 16 put it away and Goosen finished alone second, six back ASAP Sports interview transcript: Retief Goosen, The Players Championship, 2006-03-26
, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Ames
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2006
Yeah, this is characterized as what, the fifth major, 48 or 49 of the top 50 players were playing? I beat the top players in the world this week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2006
No, I'd rather go on vacation to be truthful.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2006
I got it to, I think, four behind, but then his eagle on 16 really put the cherry on the cake.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 71 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Camilo Villegas | 74 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Pat Perez | 71 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Jim Furyk | 65 · 71 · 75 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| 7 | José María Olazábal | 68 · 71 · 74 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | 72 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | 73 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | 71 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | John Rollins | 68 · 71 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Bo Van Pelt | 68 · 71 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 70 · 70 · 77 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-28, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago; CAN; turned pro 1987; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 64 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet