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Sunday 29 March 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 March 2009 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 66 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · MasterCard
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/21°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 58 · 13.5 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
- Sean O'Hair USA · 276Led by five entering the final round but closed with a 73; his 7-iron at the 16th came up short in the water for a bogey, and Woods birdied the 72nd hole in near darkness Tiger roars back for one-shot win (Doug Ferguson, Associated Press; The Honolulu Advertiser, 2009-03-30)
120 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 March 2009
He said, "I think your dad would have been proud of how you competed and came back and won the tournament."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 March 2009
I kept telling myself obviously with the temperature getting a little cooler, this putt is going to be a little bit slower because of that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 March 2009
It's not like it's The Tiger Show and I'm just out there to watch him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| 2 | Sean O'Hair | 67 · 65 · 71 · 73 | 276 | −4 |
| 3 | Zach Johnson | 72 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T4 | John Senden | 70 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 279 | −1 |
| T4 | Nick Watney | 67 · 71 · 73 · 68 | 279 | −1 |
| T4 | Pat Perez | 70 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | 70 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T8 | Kenny Perry | 70 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T8 | Daniel Chopra | 68 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T8 | Jason Gore | 65 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 280 | E |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 66; majors to date: 14; 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