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Sunday 26 September 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Furyk wins THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September 2010 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 16 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · Coca-Cola
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/19°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/20°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/19°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 52.1 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
- Luke Donald ENG · 273chipped in for birdie from 100 feet at the 17th to keep his hopes alive, then waited in the scoring trailer as Furyk got up and down from a bunker on the last to win by one Jim Furyk has $10M bunker save for win (AP via ESPN)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Furyk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 September 2010
I just had an eerie calm about me today, and I know everyone that wins says that, but I'm standing over that putt on 17 and in my heart I know it's going in.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
26 September 2010
I guess at that moment, you're not really responsible for what happens next.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 September 2010
Yeah, I told my caddie, John, I need to chip this in and make a 2 on the last. Obviously I did half of it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Luke Donald | 66 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 71 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Nick Watney | 71 · 74 · 63 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 66 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| 6 | Charley Hoffman | 71 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 71 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | K.J. Choi | 68 · 68 · 74 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 74 · 72 · 66 · 67 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Ryan Moore | 70 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Camilo Villegas | 73 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Kevin Streelman | 70 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1992; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet