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Sunday 22 June 2008PGA TourYear in Review
Cink wins Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 2008 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Travelers
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 49 · 8.4 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
- Hunter Mahan USA · 263the defending champion was three back when Cink chipped up on 15, then birdied the 18th for a closing 65 and finished one short ASAP Sports transcript: Hunter Mahan, Travelers Championship, 2008-06-22
- Tommy Armour III USA · 263closed with a 65 in the wind after the rain delay to tie for second, one behind ASAP Sports transcript: Tommy Armour III, Travelers Championship, 2008-06-22
, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stewart Cink
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2008
I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody out there that's writing stories or doing articles or whatever but to myself. I wanted to prove something to myself.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2008
I just batted it and it came up 30 yards short of the green. I was like, hello, what are you doing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2008
I saw Stewie chip up on 15 there, and we were three back so I was just trying to birdie the last two and see what would happen.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 66 · 64 · 65 · 67 | 262 | −18 |
| T2 | Tommy Armour III | 69 · 64 · 65 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| T2 | Hunter Mahan | 68 · 63 · 67 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| 4 | Heath Slocum | 67 · 66 · 64 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| 5 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 68 · 64 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Michael Allen | 69 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Bubba Watson | 66 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Brad Adamonis | 64 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 66 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | Corey Pavin | 68 · 66 · 70 · 64 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Michael Letzig | 68 · 68 · 63 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Kevin Streelman | 73 · 63 · 62 · 70 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1995; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
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