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Sunday 7 September 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Villegas wins BMW Championship
Bellerive Country Club, Town and Country (St. Louis), Missouri, USA · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 September 2008 · Camilo Villegas’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · BMW · weather-plagued week (AP); the third round was finished on Sunday morning before the final round (ASAP)
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/17°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 58 · 55.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 5 km/h NNW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/17°C · wind 5 km/h NE, gusts 19 · 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
- Dudley Hart USA · 267birdied his final two holes for a 65 to finish two shots back, his best finish in four years Villegas completes wire-to-wire victory at BMW (AP via ESPN)
, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BMW Championship
Bellerive Country Club, Bellerive Country Club, Town and Country (St. Louis), Missouri, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Camilo Villegas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 September 2008
I'm going to say the four-putt wasn't the turning point. It was the birdie-birdie I came back with.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
7 September 2008
It was a pretty good little stretch there that just tested my nerves and showed myself that I was good enough to stay out there,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 September 2008
I figured starting the week, I'm not a mathematician so I didn't know exactly, but I was guessing that I needed to at least finish fourth solo or better to make it to the TOUR Championship.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camilo Villegas | 65 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Dudley Hart | 67 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T3 | Anthony Kim | 68 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T3 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 62 · 66 · 70 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Stephen Ames | 68 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | K.J. Choi | 70 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | D.J. Trahan | 71 · 63 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T8 | Hunter Mahan | 69 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T8 | Tim Clark | 67 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Freddie Jacobson | 67 · 67 · 72 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Steve Stricker | 66 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Aaron Baddeley | 71 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1982-01-07, Medellín, Colombia; COL; turned pro 2004; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 34 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
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