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Sunday 13 January 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Choi wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 January 2008 · K.J. Choi’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,300,000 USD · Sony
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/23°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 33 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/23°C · wind 26 km/h E, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/22°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/21°C · wind 37 km/h NNE, gusts 54 · 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
- Rory Sabbatini SVK · 269Started six back; double-bogeyed the eighth after smothering a 2-iron into the creek, then three-putted the par-5 18th after reaching it in two; closed with 68, three behind Patience pays big dividends for Choi (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-01-14)
, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
K.J. Choi
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Patience pays big dividends for Choi (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-01-14)
13 January 2008
Hole by hole, patience by patience,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 January 2008
It woke me up and said, you know what, I have to hang in there, not fall apart. It motivated me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 January 2008
When you're six shots behind you've got to go low and post a number up there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Choi | 64 · 65 · 66 · 71 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Rory Sabbatini | 66 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| 3 | Jerry Kelly | 67 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Steve Stricker | 71 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Pat Perez | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Steve Marino | 65 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Kevin Na | 67 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 70 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | Troy Matteson | 69 · 67 · 65 · 72 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Parker McLachlin | 73 · 66 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Stephen Ames | 70 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Dustin Johnson | 68 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Heath Slocum | 65 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Doug LaBelle II | 67 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Fred Funk | 69 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Chad Campbell | 66 · 69 · 66 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-19, Wando, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 1994; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet