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Sunday 10 February 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Lowery wins AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 February 2008 · Steve Lowery’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/6°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/6°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/8°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/8°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 278Led by three with four to play but bogeyed 14, 15 and 16; birdied the 18th to force a playoff, then found two bunkers on the extra hole and lost to Lowery's birdie Lowery tops Singh in playoff (Associated Press, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-02-11)
, 60 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Lowery
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 February 2008
Well, I told my family, I said, if I win this golf tournament it's going to be because of the bounce-back after those double bogeys.
Lowery tops Singh in playoff (Associated Press, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-02-11)
10 February 2008
After seven years and winning on this course against Vijay and everything ... it's probably the most special,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 February 2008
I'm very disappointed. I let this one slip away. I didn't think I was going to lose this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Lowery | 69 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | John Mallinger | 67 · 74 · 73 · 65 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Corey Pavin | 73 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Dudley Hart | 69 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | Jason Day | 69 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Nicholas Thompson | 69 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Dustin Johnson | 73 · 68 · 68 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Jason Gore | 70 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Joe Ogilvie | 74 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Brent Geiberger | 69 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Tag Ridings | 73 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Y.E. Yang | 69 · 73 · 68 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1960-10-12, Birmingham, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1983; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 305 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet