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Sunday 11 February 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Mickelson wins AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California (with Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills in the rotation) · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 February 2007 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 30 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · AT&T
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 44 · 19.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 5 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
- Kevin Sutherland USA · 273Solo second, five shots back after a closing 71; still without a stroke-play win in 316 PGA Tour starts (his only title the 2002 Accenture Match Play) Latest victory among most important for Mickelson (Jason Sobel, ESPN.com, 2007-02-15)
, 60 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California (with Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills in the rotation)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Phil Mickelson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Latest victory among most important for Mickelson (Jason Sobel, ESPN.com, 2007-02-15)
11 February 2007
I believe I can take what happened at Winged Foot and make it a plus for the rest of my career. I think I'm going to be a better driver of the golf ball for the rest of my career.
Latest victory among most important for Mickelson (Jason Sobel, ESPN.com, 2007-02-15)
11 February 2007
I was hoping to play like this the first couple of weeks. I'm glad that I finally did.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 65 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Kevin Sutherland | 72 · 63 · 67 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | John Mallinger | 65 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Greg Owen | 68 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 70 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Matt Kuchar | 72 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 65 · 76 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Corey Pavin | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Ted Purdy | 73 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Ryan Armour | 68 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 30; majors to date: 3; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet