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Monday 27 July 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Green wins RBC Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Course, Oakville, Ontario, Canada · Thursday 23 to Monday 27 July 2009 · Nathan Green’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,100,000 USD · RBC · Monday finish after a week of rain delays: players had completed 42 holes in four days and played 30 holes on Monday, July 27, ending in the playoff
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/18°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 22.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/17°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/18°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 36 · 10.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/18°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 10 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/17°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 270bogeyed 14 and 15 and thought he was out of it, made an eagle at the 18th to tie and force a playoff, then lost at the second extra hole after a poor putt on the first and a missed up-and-down at the 17th ASAP Sports transcript: Retief Goosen, RBC Canadian Open, 2009-07-27
, 63 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
RBC Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Course, Glen Abbey Golf Course, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nathan Green
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 July 2009
this is pretty much the last thing I was expecting to do coming off the way I played this year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 July 2009
in those three years we always sort of bought a car over in Vancouver Island and drove it all the way across.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 July 2009
so I need to just pray a little bit harder on Sundays, or Monday today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Green | 68 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 65 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Anthony Kim | 69 · 66 · 66 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Jason Dufner | 68 · 63 · 70 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Lee Janzen | 68 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Brandt Snedeker | 73 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Jerry Kelly | 65 · 67 · 72 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Chris Baryla | 69 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Stephen Ames | 68 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Y.E. Yang | 69 · 66 · 73 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Scott McCarron | 68 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Scott Verplank | 65 · 67 · 71 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Michael Letzig | 69 · 67 · 66 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Bob Estes | 67 · 67 · 68 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-13, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1998; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 290 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet