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Sunday 27 January 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 January 2008 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 62 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,200,000 USD · Buick
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/8°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 35 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/7°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 51 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 32 km/h S, gusts 52 · 20.5 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
- Ryuji Imada JPN · 277Never in contention for the win (11 behind Woods entering the day by his own count); matched the low final round, 67, to finish second, eight back ASAP Sports interview transcript: Ryuji Imada, Buick Invitational, 2008-01-27
, 66 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 January 2008
It would have probably gone six, seven feet by, but it had a train wreck and went in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 January 2008
This is the Tiger Woods Invitational, isn't it? I thought he was the host (laughter).
Woods all-square with King after win (Doug Ferguson, AP, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-01-28)
27 January 2008
What he's going to do is screw the U.S. Open up for everyone else,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 65 · 66 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Ryuji Imada | 69 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Rory Sabbatini | 67 · 75 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | 68 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 5 | Justin Leonard | 76 · 68 · 65 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 73 · 68 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Joe Durant | 70 · 70 · 67 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Fred Couples | 71 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | John Senden | 70 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | 67 · 72 · 71 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 62; 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
No bag on file yet