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Sunday 12 August 2007PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 August 2007 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 59 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · 89th PGA Championship; daily highs of 101, 99, 99 and 102 degrees (Wikipedia)
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R137°/25°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/25°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/22°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/24°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Woody Austin USA · 274Three straight birdies from the 11th, including a 60-foot chip-in at 12, cut Woods's lead to one after Woods three-putted 14; missed a 12-foot birdie putt at 15 that would have tied, closed with 67 Woods wins 'special' major (AP, The Honolulu Advertiser)
156 started · cut +5, 71 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Woody Austin
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2007
I just kept telling myself, Ernie and Woody were making runs. But I still had the lead. And if I made pars they would have to come get me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2007
No, I think you guys are lazy (laughter). I didn't see a whole lot of you guys walking with us like you normally do. It's a little hot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2007
Well, like I said all along, I was a pretty good player a long time ago. I didn't just come out of the bank like everybody thought I did. I just got sidetracked.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 63 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Woody Austin | 68 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| 3 | Ernie Els | 72 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Arron Oberholser | 68 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T4 | John Senden | 69 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T6 | Trevor Immelman | 75 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69 · 68 · 74 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T6 | Simon Dyson | 73 · 71 · 72 · 64 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 73 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 281 | +1 |
| T9 | Scott Verplank | 70 · 66 · 74 · 71 | 281 | +1 |
| T9 | Boo Weekley | 76 · 69 · 65 · 71 | 281 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 59; majors to date: 13; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, 89th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP)).
What’s in the bag
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