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Sunday 5 July 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins AT&T National
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July 2009 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 68 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/18°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/19°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 26 · 2.7 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 · 268closed with a 62 and posted 12 under early, then watched Woods hole a 20-footer for birdie at the 16th to take the lead and par in Hunter Mahan interview, 2009-07-05 (ASAP Sports, media center)
120 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T National
Congressional Country Club, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Tiger Woods interview, 2009-07-05 (ASAP Sports)
5 July 2009
What Hunter did today was pretty impressive. I certainly didn't see that score out there.
Tiger Woods interview, 2009-07-05 (ASAP Sports)
5 July 2009
It was like, oh, God, just don't lip out now. It went in, and from there I said, okay, now if I can just play the last two holes, fairways and greens, and let's just get the win.
Hunter Mahan interview, 2009-07-05 (ASAP Sports, media center)
5 July 2009
It wasn't like I was rooting against him, but it was just funny because you usually don't see him miss putts.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 64 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| 2 | Hunter Mahan | 69 · 69 · 68 · 62 | 268 | −12 |
| 3 | Anthony Kim | 62 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| 4 | Bryce Molder | 64 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T5 | Brandt Snedeker | 68 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T5 | Lucas Glover | 69 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Danny Lee | 68 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Cameron Beckman | 68 · 67 · 66 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 68; majors to date: 14; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'AT&T National' (week 27/2009), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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