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Sunday 25 March 2007PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-CA Championship
Doral, Miami, Florida · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 March 2007 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 56 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · CA
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/20°C · wind 34 km/h ENE, gusts 52 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/22°C · wind 27 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/22°C · wind 29 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/22°C · wind 30 km/h NE, gusts 52 · 0.6 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
- Brett Wetterich USA · 280Started four back, three-putted the first for bogey, birdied 16 to get within three, then missed birdie putts of 10 and 8 feet on the last two holes (closed 71) Woods wins 13th WCG title in 24 tries (Associated Press, via ESPN)
73 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-CA Championship
Doral (Blue Monster course), Doral, Miami, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2007
So I laid up, hit 3-iron off the tee and 8-iron and a wedge and just 2-putted and tournament was over.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2007
Well, you can't have any better way. Getting a W right before you go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2007
I know why today, because no one put any pressure on him. Today was easy for him until maybe last few holes he had to think a little bit.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Brett Wetterich | 72 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Robert Allenby | 67 · 74 · 74 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | 71 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Geoff Ogilvy | 72 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Niclas Fasth | 72 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Aaron Baddeley | 69 · 71 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Nick O'Hern | 72 · 72 · 66 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 72 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Paul Casey | 76 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 56; 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
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