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Sunday 23 January 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Vegas wins Bob Hope Classic
PGA West, La Quinta, California · Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 January 2011 · Jhonattan Vegas’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · five-round (90-hole) pro-am event
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/12°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/10°C · wind 6 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/10°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/12°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 32 · 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
- Gary Woodland USA · 333Shared the lead after each of the last three rounds and birdied the 90th hole to make the playoff; on the second extra hole his approach found a bunker, his sand shot trickled to the far side of the green and missed his par putt Jhonattan Vegas wins Bob Hope Classic (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Bill Haas USA · 333Defending champion closed with 66 but missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the final regulation hole, then was eliminated when Vegas and Woodland birdied the first playoff hole Jhonattan Vegas wins Bob Hope Classic (Associated Press, via ESPN)
· cut -10, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Classic
PGA West (Palmer Private Course), PGA West, La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jhonattan Vegas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2011
Just had to make par on the last hole, and I decided to make a bogey and just keep the agony going.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2011
He just told me to relax and just grip the putter a little softer and just let it happen, and I think that was huge today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2011
He putted great all day. I expected him to make the putt on the last hole. I was shocked when he missed that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jhonattan Vegas | 64 · 67 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 333 | −27 |
| T2 | Gary Woodland | 65 · 69 · 64 · 66 · 69 | 333 | −27 |
| T2 | Bill Haas | 69 · 68 · 68 · 62 · 66 | 333 | −27 |
| 4 | Ryan Palmer | 67 · 71 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 334 | −26 |
| T5 | Brian Gay | 69 · 69 · 66 · 70 · 62 | 336 | −24 |
| T5 | Kevin Na | 69 · 67 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 336 | −24 |
| T7 | Chris Couch | 67 · 65 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 337 | −23 |
| T7 | Matt Kuchar | 66 · 70 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 337 | −23 |
| T7 | Chris Kirk | 69 · 68 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 337 | −23 |
| T7 | Keegan Bradley | 66 · 67 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 337 | −23 |
The golfer
born 1984-08-19, Maturín, Venezuela; VEN; turned pro 2008; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 187 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet