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Sunday 8 February 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Watney wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 2009 · Nick Watney’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,300,000 USD · Buick
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/11°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 40 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 41 · 10.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/10°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 33 · 29.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/10°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 3.1 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
- John Rollins USA · 278Led by three with five to play; bogeyed the 14th and the 16th from a plugged bunker lie, then pulled his second at the 18th into a bunker and missed a 12-foot birdie putt to force a playoff Watney wins Buick Invitational (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course; North Course used in the first two rounds), Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Watney
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 February 2009
My caddie Tim and I, we decided that if I miss a 3-iron and hit it in the water, the tournament is over. That's why I took the hybrid.
Associated Press, via ESPN
8 February 2009
I'd like to imitate pretty much everything Tiger does. But that was not planned at all. I was more worried about the 3-footer. I just hope the fist pump looked halfway decent.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 February 2009
It's hard to say. It looked like it was 1 in 1 (laughter). I mean, it was a tough putt, up and over kind of a ridge
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Watney | 69 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | John Rollins | 70 · 64 · 70 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 69 · 73 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Camilo Villegas | 63 · 70 · 74 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 5 | Matt Jones | 70 · 73 · 74 · 64 | 281 | −7 |
| 6 | Mathew Goggin | 69 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Bubba Watson | 71 · 68 · 77 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Ben Crane | 69 · 74 · 70 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Charley Hoffman | 71 · 66 · 74 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Luke Donald | 70 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1981-04-25, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 2003; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 184 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet