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Sunday 11 January 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Ogilvy wins Mercedes-Benz Championship
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 January 2009 · Geoff Ogilvy’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/21°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/22°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/20°C · wind 38 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 6.6 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
- Anthony Kim USA · 274Got within one of Ogilvy on the front nine, three-putted the 17th, then nearly holed a 3-wood from about 280 yards for albatross at the 18th to close with 67 and tie for second, six back Ogilvy wins the PGA Tour's opener at Kapalua by 6 shots (Doug Ferguson, AP, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2009-01-11)
- Davis Love III USA · 274Closed with 67, getting up and down from the rough right of the 18th green for a birdie that earned a share of second, six back Ogilvy wins the PGA Tour's opener at Kapalua by 6 shots (Doug Ferguson, AP, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2009-01-11)
, 33 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Geoff Ogilvy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 January 2009
It's an uncomfortable feeling, definitely, to know your six shots out in front and know you're almost back to tied. That's not very comfortable because you can just imagine what people are thinking and what's going on.
Ogilvy wins the PGA Tour's opener at Kapalua by 6 shots (Doug Ferguson, AP, via The Honolulu Advertiser, 2009-01-11)
11 January 2009
From then on, I was a different person
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 January 2009
I mean, I don't really care what Geoff's doing, because I'm scrambling for pars out there on 290-yard holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | 67 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 268 | −24 |
| T2 | Davis Love III | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −18 |
| T2 | Anthony Kim | 71 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −18 |
| 4 | Sean O'Hair | 69 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 275 | −17 |
| 5 | Justin Leonard | 74 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 276 | −16 |
| T6 | Zach Johnson | 71 · 75 · 64 · 67 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | 68 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 68 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | D.J. Trahan | 70 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −15 |
| 10 | Johnson Wagner | 68 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1977-06-11, Adelaide, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1998; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
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