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Sunday 16 March 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 March 2008 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 64 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,800,000 USD
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/12°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/11°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.5 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
- Bart Bryant USA · 271Closed with 67 to post 9 under, the only player to break par all four rounds, then watched from the scoring trailer as Woods holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole; a three-putt at the 11th cost him Woods sinks 25-footer on final hole to win at Bay Hill (Doug Ferguson, AP, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-03-16)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2008
You know, when Stevie handed me my hat, I was like, "How in the hell did he get my hat?" (Laughter). Evidently, it came off.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2008
Well, there are times when you do play pretty conservative but there I played -- bear with me here. I played aggressive to a conservative spot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2008
There wasn't a video screen in the trailer but I told John, our scorer: "I'll sit here and listen, I'll know if he makes it or not." And I heard a big cheer and I got up and left.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Bart Bryant | 68 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Cliff Kresge | 67 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Sean O'Hair | 72 · 69 · 63 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 65 · 73 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Ken Duke | 67 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | 68 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Niclas Fasth | 71 · 66 · 73 · 66 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Alex Cejka | 67 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 73 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 65 · 74 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Tom Lehman | 66 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Bubba Watson | 67 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 64; majors to date: 13; 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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