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Sunday 7 October 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Leonard wins Valero Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 2007 · Justin Leonard’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Valero
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jesper Parnevik SWE · 261started the final round with a three-stroke lead, was caught early by Leonard, birdied 17 in regulation to force a playoff and lost to Leonard's birdie on the third extra hole ASAP Sports transcript: Jesper Parnevik, Valero Texas Open, October 7, 2007
, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valero Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club (Resort Course), La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Leonard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
You know, you don't always see the fruits of hard work out here. Sometimes you do but not always.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
When I came back in 2002 to try and win for the third straight time, you know, I remember a lot of the talk was trying to join Arnold Palmer
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
it's not very often you play in a playoff and you have to take an unplayable and almost win the hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | 65 · 67 · 64 · 65 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Jesper Parnevik | 61 · 65 · 66 · 69 | 261 | −19 |
| T3 | Daniel Chopra | 65 · 69 · 64 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Mathias Gronberg | 65 · 65 · 65 · 69 | 264 | −16 |
| 5 | Heath Slocum | 69 · 65 · 70 · 62 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Chris Stroud | 69 · 65 · 64 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Dan Forsman | 65 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Ryan Armour | 67 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | J.J. Henry | 71 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Dean Wilson | 68 · 67 · 66 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1972-06-15, Dallas, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1994; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 156 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet