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Sunday 30 October 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Pelt wins CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 October 2011 · purse $6,100,000 USD · CIMB
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Jeff Overton USA · 267Started one behind and stayed with Van Pelt through the front nine, then three-putted 12 and bogeyed 13 after a wayward drive; closed with a 69 Asian Tour press release with final totals (reposted by Scottish Golf View, 2011-10-30)
48 started, 47 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bo Van Pelt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Asian Tour press release (reposted by Scottish Golf View)
30 October 2011
I feel like the luckiest guy in the world. I get to do what I love to do for a living,
Asian Tour press release (reposted by Scottish Golf View)
30 October 2011
I’ve watched other guys coming down 18 with a big lead and I thought that would be fun some day if I could do that and it was.
Asian Tour press release (reposted by Scottish Golf View)
30 October 2011
But at the end of the day, the guy, he played one of the best rounds of golf anybody has all year.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Van Pelt | 66 · 64 · 67 · 64 | 261 | −23 |
| 2 | Jeff Overton | 67 · 62 · 69 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| 3 | Freddie Jacobson | 65 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T4 | Cameron Tringale | 66 · 68 · 71 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Camilo Villegas | 69 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Mark Wilson | 67 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | John Senden | 67 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Ryan Palmer | 71 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Vijay Singh | 72 · 64 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T10 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 69 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Jerry Kelly | 69 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Jason Dufner | 70 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-16, Richmond, Indiana; USA; turned pro 1998; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 39 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Asian Tour release: 'ranked 39th in the world')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet