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Sunday 18 July 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Bettencourt wins Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada, USA · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2010 · Matt Bettencourt’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/18°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/17°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/15°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/16°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 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
- Bob Heintz USA · 278holed out three times from off the green in a closing 69, but missed a birdie putt of about three and a half feet on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff Matt Bettencourt (Wikipedia)
· cut +3, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf & Country Club, Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Bettencourt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
I just hit a terrible putt. It happens. It's golf. And the best thing for it is amnesia. You just forget about it and move on.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
Matthew said, look, he's got an easy putt, there's no chance he's going to miss it. Let's regroup, go out, we'll hit a much smarter tee shot on 18 and we'll go make birdie in the playoff.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
I wanted it inside the hole and I did start it left edge, and I missed.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bettencourt | 66 · 68 · 75 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Bob Heintz | 69 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Mathias Gronberg | 69 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | John Merrick | 69 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Kent Jones | 73 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Robert Gamez | 76 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Alex Cejka | 71 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Kevin Stadler | 70 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Craig Barlow | 69 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Martin Flores | 74 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Paul Stankowski | 71 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Chris DiMarco | 67 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Bill Lunde | 69 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Robert Garrigus | 69 · 65 · 73 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-04-12, Alameda, California; USA; turned pro 2001; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 329 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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