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Sunday 16 September 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 September 2007 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 61 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Coca-Cola
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 12.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 33.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 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
- Zach Johnson USA · 265shot 60 on Saturday to get back in the mix, then three-putted the 9th for par after Woods' approach landed during his eagle putt; closed 68 to tie for second, eight back Tiger secures $10 million prize with seventh win of '07 (AP via ESPN)
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 265birdied the first hole to get within two shots, the closest anyone got all day, then closed with 71 to tie for second, eight back Tiger secures $10 million prize with seventh win of '07 (AP via ESPN)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 September 2007
the greens were basically this speed in junior golf, a little bit bumpy, and you have the same mentality, get up there and just whack it, make sure you get it to the hole.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 September 2007
I made a lot of improvement. It's interesting how people questioned whether I should try and improve or not or try and change my game, and here we are.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 September 2007
I still say it should be 54 holes, nine holes starting Thursday, beer afterwards.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 64 · 63 · 64 · 66 | 257 | −23 |
| T2 | Zach Johnson | 71 · 66 · 60 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| T2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 65 · 66 · 63 · 71 | 265 | −15 |
| 4 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 64 · 64 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Scott Verplank | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Hunter Mahan | 65 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Tim Clark | 62 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Camilo Villegas | 67 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Rory Sabbatini | 68 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 61; majors to date: 13; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet