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Sunday 17 August 2008PGA TourYear in Review

Pettersson wins Wyndham Championship

Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2008 · Carl Pettersson’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,100,000 USD · Wyndham

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

13 h 16 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R129°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R230°/19°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R330°/19°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R429°/19°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 4.2 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

, 78 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Wyndham Championship

Sedgefield Country Club (Ross Course), Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Carl Pettersson

259Total
−21To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

News & Record (Greensboro), photo caption

The support was wonderful, … To have everyone out there supporting me made the week all the more special.

Carl Pettersson, quoted in News & Record (Greensboro), photo caption, 17 August 2008. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Making the putt was the key to the whole tournament, making that putt.

Carl Pettersson, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 17 August 2008. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I thought I kind of let it go at about 12 when he made that great up and down and I missed that short putt and three-putted.

Scott McCarron, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 17 August 2008. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Carl Pettersson64 · 61 · 66 · 68259−21
2Scott McCarron65 · 64 · 64 · 68261
3Rich Beem70 · 67 · 63 · 63263
T4J.J. Henry70 · 66 · 66 · 62264
T4Martin Laird63 · 74 · 64 · 63264
T6John Senden66 · 66 · 67 · 66265
T6Tim Clark64 · 67 · 68 · 66265
T6Kevin Streelman66 · 64 · 67 · 68265
T9Mark Wilson68 · 67 · 67 · 64266
T9Shane Bertsch67 · 68 · 67 · 64266
T9Michael Letzig67 · 66 · 67 · 66266
T9Jerry Kelly66 · 65 · 68 · 67266
T9Bob Sowards65 · 66 · 68 · 67266
T9Briny Baird67 · 68 · 62 · 69266
The golfer

born 1977-08-29, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2000; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 71 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).

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