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Sunday 23 October 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Donald wins Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic
Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 October 2011 · Luke Donald’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,700,000 USD · Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/10°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 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
- Justin Leonard USA · 273Shared the 54-hole lead but closed with eight straight pars for a 71 as Donald birdied six in a row on the back nine Luke Donald charges to stunning win (Associated Press, via ESPN)
128 started · cut -3, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic
Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia and Palm courses), Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Luke Donald
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 2011
You know, I think this is probably one of the most satisfying wins of my career just because of that. It was kind of do or die.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 2011
Yeah, that's the first thing I thought about. Hopefully all this excitement hasn't brought on an early labor.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 2011
Luke played a great round of golf today. I needed to make some more birdies before I got to the last four holes, because they're hard to make birdies on.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Donald | 66 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Justin Leonard | 69 · 63 · 70 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Sung Kang | 68 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 68 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Kevin Chappell | 70 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | John Rollins | 71 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Trevor Immelman | 72 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Webb Simpson | 68 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Billy Mayfair | 68 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Nick O'Hern | 68 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1977-12-07, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; ENG; turned pro 2001; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet