Golf Network News
Sunday 1 August 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins the Greenbrier Classic
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA · Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August 2010 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 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
13 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/17°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 36 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/16°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 3.9 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
- Jeff Overton USA · 259the 54-hole leader by seven over Appleby, he shot 67 with 34 putts and three three-putts, then narrowly missed a long birdie putt on the par-3 18th that would have forced a playoff Appleby ends 4-year drought with 59 (AP via ESPN)
· cut -2, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Greenbrier Classic
The Greenbrier (The Old White Course), The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 2010
I knew there was opportunities there to do that, but then that put me in the 50s. I thought, Well, that's pretty cool. Why don't we shoot for that too and see if the victory comes with it?
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 2010
Just looked up, and it just looked like it knew where its home was, and right in the middle.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 2010
Soon as it came off the putter, I just about jumped out of my pants, and it just rolled over the edge.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 68 · 65 · 59 | 258 | −22 |
| 2 | Jeff Overton | 64 · 62 · 66 · 67 | 259 | −21 |
| 3 | Brendon de Jonge | 65 · 68 · 65 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| T4 | Woody Austin | 67 · 68 · 67 · 63 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Paul Stankowski | 69 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Roger Tambellini | 69 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Jimmy Walker | 67 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | D.A. Points | 68 · 66 · 61 · 70 | 265 | −15 |
| T9 | Pat Perez | 64 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Aron Price | 65 · 71 · 65 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Troy Matteson | 69 · 65 · 67 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Chris Stroud | 69 · 63 · 69 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Charles Howell III | 65 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Boo Weekley | 67 · 63 · 67 · 69 | 266 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 0; world No. 159 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet