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Sunday 2 August 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 2009 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 69 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,100,000 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
14 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0.4 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
- John Senden AUS · 271birdied 12, 13 and 14 to get within two at 17 under, but Woods birdied 15 and Senden closed with 70 to tie for second, three back ASAP Sports transcript: Tiger Woods, Buick Open, 2009-08-02
- Roland Thatcher USA · 271closed with 64, saving par at 18 with a 25-foot putt from the fringe, and posted 17 under in the clubhouse while Woods still had holes to play ASAP Sports transcript: Roland Thatcher, Buick Open, 2009-08-02
- Greg Chalmers AUS · 271was outside the top 10 with six holes left, then eagled from 60 feet and birdied to tie for second, his best PGA Tour finish, three back ASAP Sports transcript: Greg Chalmers, Buick Open, 2009-08-02
, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2009
I don't ever do that. But this is different. I think this is -- we're not coming back here, and you know, just want to say thank you to all the people here
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2009
You win a golf tournament, you miss a cut. Either way, you gotta put it behind you because it doesn't do a damn bit of good the next week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2009
with Tiger he's done it so regularly, I think even his peers sometimes, you start to believe he's just going to close it out.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 63 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Roland Thatcher | 70 · 64 · 73 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | 66 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | John Senden | 64 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 5 | Y.E. Yang | 65 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Ben Crane | 68 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Michael Letzig | 67 · 65 · 68 · 73 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Brian Vranesh | 65 · 75 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | John Rollins | 68 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Woody Austin | 68 · 71 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Bob Heintz | 70 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | 70 · 64 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | 65 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 69; majors to date: 14; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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