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Sunday 6 January 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Chopra wins Mercedes-Benz Championship
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 January 2008 · Daniel Chopra’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/21°C · wind 34 km/h ENE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/21°C · wind 30 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/21°C · wind 29 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/21°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 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
- Steve Stricker USA · 274Birdied three of his last four holes for a closing 64 to force a playoff, but his first-hole eagle putt hit Chopra's ball mark and stopped 10 feet short, and he missed birdie chances before failing to get up and down on the fourth extra hole Chopra outlasts Stricker to win Mercedes title, earns trip to Masters (Associated Press, via ESPN)
31 started, 31 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Daniel Chopra
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Chopra outlasts Stricker to win Mercedes title, earns trip to Masters (Associated Press, via ESPN)
6 January 2008
I felt like there was a goalie in the hole, like it wasn't meant to be,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 January 2008
The golf course was designed by me, I'm guessing. There's not a golf course out there that suits me more.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 January 2008
It was a rather large ball mark. It wasn't a coin.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Chopra | 69 · 72 · 67 · 66 | 274 | −18 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 73 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 274 | −18 |
| 3 | Stephen Ames | 72 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −17 |
| 4 | Mike Weir | 71 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −16 |
| T5 | Hunter Mahan | 73 · 72 · 69 · 64 | 278 | −14 |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | 74 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 278 | −14 |
| T5 | Nick Watney | 68 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −14 |
| T8 | Charles Howell III | 74 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 73 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −13 |
| T10 | Mark Calcavecchia | 75 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −12 |
| T10 | Brandt Snedeker | 71 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1973-12-23, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 120 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet