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Sunday 4 December 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Chevron World Challenge
Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 December 2011 · purse $5,000,000 USD · Chevron
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Zach Johnson USA · 279Led by one after 16 but his 17th-hole birdie putt burned the edge while Woods holed from 15 feet to tie; missed a 15-footer on 18 as Woods birdied from 6 feet Tiger Woods rallies to win Chevron (Associated Press, via ESPN)
18 started, 18 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Chevron World Challenge
Sherwood Country Club, Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 December 2011
Yeah, I got it quite a bit‑‑ basically every tournament I played in from you guys. Started out, You haven't won in six months, then a year, year and a half, I mean, two years.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 December 2011
I pulled it off with one down, two to go. To go birdie, birdie is as good as it gets.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 December 2011
But I mean, overall I'm not disappointed in my performance or my approach. I'm just not overly ecstatic about the outcome.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Zach Johnson | 73 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Paul Casey | 79 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Hunter Mahan | 72 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Matt Kuchar | 72 · 67 · 74 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 71 · 74 · 73 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Martin Laird | 77 · 74 · 66 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | 71 · 70 · 75 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Bubba Watson | 75 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Bo Van Pelt | 74 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Gary Woodland | 73 · 70 · 70 · 75 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 71; majors to date: 14; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page; AP: moved from No. 52 to No. 21)).
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