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Sunday 18 April 2010PGA TourYear in Review
Furyk wins Verizon Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 April 2010 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 15 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,700,000 USD · Verizon
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/14°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/16°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 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
- Brian Davis ENG · 271Birdied the 72nd hole from 18 feet to force a playoff, then called a two-stroke penalty on himself for brushing a loose reed on his backswing on the first extra hole Davis concedes playoff to champ Furyk (Associated Press, via ESPN)
132 started · cut E, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Verizon Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Furyk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2010
I've only had a win feel more awkward than that once in my life. And I hope we don't have to talk about that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2010
I just had a calming feeling today that it was going to turn out well for me, and that I was going to win the golf tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2010
Well, you know, I'm not trying to finish second in the playoff. I'm trying to win it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Brian Davis | 68 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Bo Van Pelt | 67 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 69 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T5 | Kris Blanks | 70 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Camilo Villegas | 70 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Ricky Barnes | 69 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Rickie Fowler | 68 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | 69 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Nick O'Hern | 69 · 72 · 64 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Heath Slocum | 70 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1992; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet