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Sunday 21 March 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Furyk wins Transitions Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 March 2010 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,400,000 USD · Transitions
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/13°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/14°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 34 km/h SSE, gusts 64 · 13.5 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
- K.J. Choi KOR · 272Birdied four of his first six holes to draw level, but the lead swung back at the 8th, where Choi bogeyed and Furyk birdied; closed with a 67 to finish solo second, one behind ASAP Sports interview transcript: K.J. Choi, Transitions Championship, 2010-03-21
144 started · cut +2, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Transitions Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Furyk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2010
But my family likes to tell me I never do that, I make it interesting, and once again I did.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2010
But it bothered me that I had not won, and I knew that the only one that can fix that is me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2010
It's probably the best round of golf I've seen him play recently, and he putted great, too.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | K.J. Choi | 69 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| 3 | Bubba Watson | 70 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| 4 | Nick Watney | 73 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| 5 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T6 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 71 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Nick O'Hern | 72 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Jonathan Byrd | 67 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | 70 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 65 · 72 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | 67 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1992; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 1; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet