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Sunday 7 March 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Villegas wins the Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 March 2010 · Camilo Villegas’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Honda
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/9°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/7°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/10°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/11°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 33 · 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
- Anthony Kim USA · 272Closed with a 67 and was four back with a putt at 15 to cut the gap to two, but it slid by and he bogeyed 17; finished five behind ASAP Sports interview transcript: Anthony Kim, The Honda Classic, 2010-03-07
144 started · cut +3, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Camilo Villegas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 2010
Didn't get a chance to play a practice round this week. I wonder if I should start doing that -- just kidding.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 2010
It doesn't matter how big your lead is; it always seems to happen that a guy makes birdie, birdie, you make bogey and all of a sudden, it's just like, whoa, whoa, reality check.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 2010
yesterday I wanted to break every club in the bag, but then I wouldn't have had a set to play with today, so I'm glad that I didn't.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camilo Villegas | 66 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| 2 | Anthony Kim | 68 · 64 · 73 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| 3 | Justin Rose | 70 · 72 · 67 · 64 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 73 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Freddie Jacobson | 69 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Michael Connell | 65 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
| 8 | Charlie Wi | 72 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Brendon de Jonge | 70 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Chris Tidland | 73 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1982-01-07, Medellín, Colombia; COL; turned pro 2004; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet