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Sunday 26 August 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Stricker wins the Barclays
Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York, USA · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 2007 · Steve Stricker’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Barclays
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 1 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
- K.J. Choi KOR · 270four strokes down going into the back nine, he caught up and holed a long putt at 15 to lead by one, but Stricker birdied four of the last five holes; closed 70, two back ASAP Sports transcript: K.J. Choi, The Barclays, 2007-08-26
138 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Barclays
Westchester Country Club, Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Stricker
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2007
We were in a three-sided mobile home that's got heat pumped in there and you're hitting them from inside out. So that's what I did pretty much the whole winter.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2007
I didn't see them as disappointments. I think that's the first thing. I didn't see those as a negative deal. I thought that was another building block in what I was doing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2007
You know, playing with Steve Stricker today, he was just on a roll. He played so great today out there today. I learned a lot from him just watching him play today
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Stricker | 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | K.J. Choi | 64 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Rory Sabbatini | 63 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67 · 75 · 65 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 65 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Geoff Ogilvy | 68 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 67 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Rich Beem | 64 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Robert Garrigus | 70 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Jerry Kelly | 67 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1967-02-23, Edgerton, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1990; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet