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Sunday 29 August 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Kuchar wins the Barclays
Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey, USA · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 2010 · Matt Kuchar’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · Barclays
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/15°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/18°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 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
- Martin Laird SCO · 272needed two putts from 23 feet at the 72nd hole to win, ran the first one by and missed the return, then lost the playoff at 18 to Kuchar's birdie ASAP Sports transcript: Matt Kuchar, The Barclays, 2010-08-29
· cut E, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Barclays
Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Kuchar
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 2010
There's nothing like the feeling of winning a PGA TOUR golf tournament. You feel like you are the best player in the world for this week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 2010
I feel bad for Martin. You don't want to win with a guy 3-putting the last hole.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 2010
You know, to be honest, I thought it would be a lot more gutted than I am right now. I'm really happy how I played today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Martin Laird | 69 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Steve Stricker | 70 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Kevin Streelman | 72 · 63 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T5 | Rory Sabbatini | 68 · 74 · 69 · 64 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Ryan Palmer | 66 · 74 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Vaughn Taylor | 65 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Jason Day | 67 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Heath Slocum | 67 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 66 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 71 · 69 · 64 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1978-06-21, Winter Park, Florida; USA; turned pro 2000; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet