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Sunday 4 November 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Ames wins Children's Miracle Network Classic
Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November 2007 · Stephen Ames’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,600,000 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
10 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/22°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 49 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 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
- Tim Clark RSA · 272closed with a bogey-free 66 from well down the board and finished one shot short of a playoff ASAP Sports transcript: Tim Clark, Children's Miracle Network Classic, November 4, 2007
, 88 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Children's Miracle Network Classic
Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia and Palm courses), Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Ames
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2007
somebody told you you had to make three pars in the last day to win the event, you would go, "Yeah, that's going to be a tough feat just in itself," and it was.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2007
Six-shot lead in the 18th hole instead of one.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2007
It's been three years since I've had a win, but it hasn't happened, and a day like today I did everything I could, and it wasn't enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 70 · 63 · 70 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Tim Clark | 67 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Robert Gamez | 70 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Scott Verplank | 66 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Tag Ridings | 67 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Jeff Overton | 67 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Justin Leonard | 67 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Bryce Molder | 68 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Nick Watney | 68 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | J.B. Holmes | 70 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | J.P. Hayes | 65 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Heath Slocum | 68 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-28, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago; CAN; turned pro 1987; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 49 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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