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Monday 29 October 2007PGA TourYear in Review

Chopra wins Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro

Tesoro Club, Port St. Lucie, Florida · Thursday 25 to Monday 29 October 2007 · Daniel Chopra’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Ginn · final round suspended for darkness on Sunday Oct 28 with the leaders on the 16th tee; completed Monday morning Oct 29

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 59 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R126°/23°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 38 · 6.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/23°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 30 · 23.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R328°/25°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 37 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R428°/25°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R527°/25°C · wind 37 km/h ENE, gusts 60 · 0.8 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

, 72 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro

Tesoro Club (Arnold Palmer Course), Tesoro Club, Port St. Lucie, Florida

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Daniel Chopra

273Total
−19To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Coming from India, growing up there. Having to fly overseas just to buy golf balls because you couldn't buy them in India, you know, at the time.

Daniel Chopra, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 29 October 2007. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I thought what is the absolute worst that can happen? I'll finish third. Which is one hell of a great tournament.

Daniel Chopra, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 29 October 2007. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I was almost losing my Tour Card for next year, but I was able to finish second. It means huge for myself.

Shigeki Maruyama, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 29 October 2007. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Daniel Chopra67 · 66 · 69 · 71273−19
T2Shigeki Maruyama69 · 68 · 68 · 69274−18
T2Freddie Jacobson71 · 67 · 67 · 69274−18
4Dicky Pride73 · 70 · 69 · 64276−16
T5Sean O'Hair68 · 68 · 69 · 74279−13
T5Cameron Beckman70 · 70 · 67 · 72279−13
T5Ken Duke72 · 67 · 70 · 70279−13
T5Charlie Wi69 · 71 · 68 · 71279−13
T9Robert Garrigus72 · 70 · 67 · 71280−12
T9Michael Sim69 · 67 · 72 · 72280−12
T9Robert Gamez72 · 71 · 71 · 66280−12
The golfer

born 1973-12-23, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 202 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).

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