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Sunday 5 December 2010PGA TourYear in Review
McDowell wins Chevron World Challenge
Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 December 2010 · purse $5,000,000 USD · Chevron
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R2Not yet researched
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Tiger Woods USA · 272Led by four entering the final round; three-putt bogeys and a double bogey at the par-5 13th cost the lead, he rallied to tie but lost the playoff on the first extra hole when McDowell birdied 18 again Graeme McDowell putts to playoff win (Associated Press, via ESPN)
18 started, 18 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Chevron World Challenge
Sherwood Country Club, Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Graeme McDowell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 December 2010
You know, they're the kind of putts that you make them and you can't really believe it afterwards. I mean, they were the stuff of dreams. 2010 has been the stuff of dreams. It's been that kind of year.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
6 December 2010
He used to appear invincible. Of course, he's made himself appear more human in the last 12 months.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 December 2010
Yeah, Bob, it was a great week, even though I didn't win. Today was -- I'm proud of today even though I lost, because I putted awful of starting out. I missed three short putts, which I don't do.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme McDowell | 66 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Paul Casey | 73 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 5 | Hunter Mahan | 72 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 69 · 75 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 72 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 8 | Luke Donald | 70 · 66 · 73 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 75 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Sean O'Hair | 72 · 67 · 70 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1979-07-30, Portrush, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2002; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page; AP: moved up to No. 7)).
What’s in the bag
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