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Sunday 27 August 2006PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 52 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · Bridgestone
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 15 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
- Stewart Cink USA · 270led by one after 54 holes, birdied 16 and 17 late to tie at 10 under; after Woods bogeyed the third extra hole (18) Cink missed his par putt, then lost to Woods' birdie on the fourth (17) ASAP Sports transcript: Stewart Cink, WGC Bridgestone Invitational, 2006-08-27
78 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2006
I guess I was very lucky to even be in a playoff. I wasn't swinging the club very consistently today at all.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2006
He was my dad, he was my best friend, a person I could always talk to about any subject at any time, and that's no longer there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2006
Golfers, we don't forget anything. We always remember all of our shots. We might forget our anniversary now and then, but we don't forget any shots
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Stewart Cink | 70 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| 3 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Ángel Cabrera | 70 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | 66 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 69 · 69 · 64 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 67 · 65 · 70 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | David Toms | 67 · 74 · 65 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Luke Donald | 67 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Arron Oberholser | 70 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | J.J. Henry | 70 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | 63 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 52; majors to date: 12; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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