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Sunday 8 March 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Yang wins the Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March 2009 · Y.E. Yang’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Honda
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/18°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 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
- John Rollins USA · 272Closed with a 67 and birdied the 18th to get within two; Yang then bogeyed the 17th to lead by one but two-putted from 50 feet at the last Yang breaks through at Honda Classic (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Y.E. Yang
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 March 2009
I had a picture frame on my wall in my house with all of the past winners of the Masters, their faces, and at that point, I was just a player looking at that picture frame every day
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 March 2009
But those four holes, I think was longer than my entire golfing career.
Associated Press, via ESPN
8 March 2009
From 50 feet, it's not easy to do that to win your first golf tournament. My hat's off to him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y.E. Yang | 68 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| 2 | John Rollins | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| 3 | Ben Crane | 70 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| 4 | Jeff Klauk | 69 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T5 | Scott Piercy | 72 · 66 · 73 · 65 | 276 | −4 |
| T5 | Freddie Jacobson | 72 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T5 | Robert Allenby | 66 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T5 | Will MacKenzie | 67 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | D.A. Points | 69 · 69 · 74 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Jason Dufner | 72 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Charlie Wi | 67 · 73 · 65 · 72 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Jeff Overton | 67 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 277 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1972-01-15, Jeju-do, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 1996; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 460 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet