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Sunday 7 June 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 June 2009 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 67 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/9°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/10°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/9°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 277birdied 3 of the last 8 when he reckoned he needed 4; regretted an errant drive at the 9th (bogey) and a putt hit through the break at the 15th; Woods birdied the last two Jim Furyk interview, 2009-06-07 (ASAP Sports)
120 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Tiger Woods interview, 2009-06-07 (ASAP Sports)
7 June 2009
So I told Jack, I've never seen greens this good and this fast. I think they're running at 14 1/2. That's not slow.
Tiger Woods interview, 2009-06-07 (ASAP Sports)
7 June 2009
No. I knew I could do this. It's just a matter of give me a little bit of time.
Jim Furyk interview, 2009-06-07 (ASAP Sports)
7 June 2009
I cleared the rest of the field by two or three shots and just didn't beat one guy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 74 · 68 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Jonathan Byrd | 69 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Mark Wilson | 68 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Matt Kuchar | 73 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Davis Love III | 72 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Matt Bettencourt | 71 · 68 · 68 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Stewart Cink | 68 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | 70 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Will MacKenzie | 70 · 73 · 73 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Mike Weir | 69 · 69 · 75 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Geoff Ogilvy | 72 · 74 · 63 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 67; majors to date: 14; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley' (week 23/2009), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet