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Sunday 6 May 2007PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Wachovia Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 2007 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 57 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,300,000 USD · Wachovia
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/13°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 18.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 52 · 1.6 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
- Steve Stricker USA · 277Reached 5 under for the day after a birdie at 12 and birdied 15, but drove next to a bush at 16 and made a poor third and putt there; birdied 17, then turned a 4-iron too much with the wind at 18 (closed 69, two back) ASAP Sports interview transcript: Steve Stricker, Wachovia Championship, 2007-05-06
, 84 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wachovia Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 May 2007
It's three short of where I wanted to be (laughter). Or three short of my intent, put it that way.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 May 2007
Angry. Really, really angry. The worst you can make there is 4, and just, okay, fine, you've got two easy holes coming up, you can birdie one of the two and all square.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 May 2007
It feels very good, and just proves to me that I can play and I belong out here, and I deserve to be where I was today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 72 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Rory Sabbatini | 70 · 71 · 64 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | 70 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Anthony Kim | 72 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Ken Duke | 70 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Arron Oberholser | 69 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Bernhard Langer | 70 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Brett Quigley | 70 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Billy Mayfair | 73 · 71 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | John Senden | 72 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 57; majors to date: 12; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet