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Sunday 4 April 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club (Tournament Course), Humble, Texas · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 April 2010 · Anthony Kim’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,800,000 USD · Shell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/19°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 52 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/20°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 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
- Vaughn Taylor USA · 276Forced a playoff with an 18-foot birdie on the 72nd hole, then drove into a bunker on the first extra hole and left his 18-foot par putt short Kim keeps Taylor out of Masters (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club (Tournament Course), Redstone Golf Club (Tournament Course), Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Anthony Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 April 2010
The best sight was when my caddy took the flag off of the pin and we knew we won and it was over, because on that hole, anything can happen at such a treacherous hole.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 April 2010
I'd like the tell you I play conservative, but there's no conservative bone in my body.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 April 2010
I didn't quite get committed and, you know, so many things were going through my head. Just didn't get quite back in the mode of playing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Kim | 68 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Vaughn Taylor | 68 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Charl Schwartzel | 71 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Graham DeLaet | 71 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 5 | Shaun Micheel | 70 · 73 · 70 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Kevin Stadler | 67 · 70 · 74 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Jeff Maggert | 70 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Matt Kuchar | 69 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Bryce Molder | 69 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1985-06-19, Los Angeles, California; USA; turned pro 2006; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet