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Sunday 31 October 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Crane wins CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 October 2010 · purse $6,000,000 USD · CIMB
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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
- Brian Davis ENG · 267Went birdie-eagle-birdie at the finish for a 66 to pull level, but Crane holed an 8-foot birdie putt on the last to win by one and avoid a playoff Ben Crane gets by with 69 for victory (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2010-10-31)
40 started, 40 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Crane
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (via ESPN)
31 October 2010
I had a great opportunity with that putt [on 18] which I'll always remember. I was so nervous and I was just praying. I just wanted to hit a good putt and to see it go into the hole.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
31 October 2010
I hit an unbelievable shot on 15 with my driver and that kind of turned things around. It was an exciting turnaround. That was an unbelievable finish.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
31 October 2010
I played good all week and kept myself in the hunt. Finished strong, but it just quite wasn't good enough. I am quite disappointed.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crane | 67 · 64 · 66 · 69 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Brian Davis | 65 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Martin Laird | 66 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Robert Allenby | 72 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 67 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Rickie Fowler | 68 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | D.J. Trahan | 67 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Mardan Mamat | 66 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Ryan Moore | 64 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1976-03-06, Portland, Oregon; USA; turned pro 1999; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet