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Sunday 13 February 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Points wins AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 February 2011 · D.A. Points’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,300,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/4°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/5°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/8°C · wind 7 km/h SSW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/6°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 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
- Hunter Mahan USA · 273Shot 31 on the front nine and twice tied for the lead on the back nine, but three-putted the par-5 18th for par (missed a 4-foot birdie putt); closed with 66, two back D.A. Points wins first PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN)
· cut -2, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
D.A. Points
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 February 2011
to win on the PGA TOUR, and especially at Pebble Beach and especially with Bill Murray, gosh, I mean, I don't think I could even dream it up.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 February 2011
I saw it just barely carried the bunker and I could hear the crowd, because we could not see anything from where we were hitting but the crowd, they went nuts.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 February 2011
Solid, played well, gave myself a chance at the end.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.A. Points | 63 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 271 | −15 |
| 2 | Hunter Mahan | 70 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −13 |
| 3 | Tom Gillis | 67 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −11 |
| T4 | Spencer Levin | 71 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −10 |
| T4 | Steve Marino | 65 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 276 | −10 |
| T6 | Nick Watney | 68 · 67 · 75 · 67 | 277 | −9 |
| T6 | Aaron Baddeley | 68 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −9 |
| T6 | Bryce Molder | 69 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 277 | −9 |
| T9 | Steven Bowditch | 71 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −8 |
| T9 | Zack Miller | 72 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 278 | −8 |
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | 71 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −8 |
| T9 | Jimmy Walker | 72 · 68 · 63 · 75 | 278 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1976-12-01, Pekin, Illinois; USA; turned pro 1999; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 167 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet