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Sunday 5 November 2006PGA TourYear in Review
Scott wins the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 November 2006 · Adam Scott’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,500,000 USD · Coca-Cola
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/6°C · wind 25 km/h NW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/1°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/0°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/1°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 33 · 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 272closed with a 65 to match the low round of the week but never got closer than two strokes and trailed by as many as five on the back nine Adam Scott gains three shot victory - Tour Championship 2006 (Golf Today, round 4 report; Wayback Machine copy)
, 27 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Adam Scott
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 November 2006
It's been a long time since I've been here, winning on the PGA TOUR anyway. You know, I had to work hard for it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 November 2006
I think if I was to be No. 1 in the world at some point in my career, then I think that would be maybe the best achievement I could ever do in golf is get past Tiger Woods.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 November 2006
Wondering if anyone is going to put an asterisk on it because Tiger didn't play enough rounds.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Scott | 69 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 71 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| 3 | Joe Durant | 68 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T5 | Trevor Immelman | 73 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 69 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 73 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 72 · 65 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| T8 | Lucas Glover | 73 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | Stuart Appleby | 69 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 281 | +1 |
| T10 | Ernie Els | 71 · 72 · 66 · 72 | 281 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-16, Adelaide, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet