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Sunday 9 October 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Molder wins Frys.com Open
CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California, USA · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 October 2011 · Bryce Molder’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Frys.com
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/7°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/10°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 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
- Briny Baird USA · 267chipped in from 38 feet for eagle on the 17th to lead by one, but Molder birdied the 18th to tie; Baird missed makeable putts on 18 in the playoff and lost to Molder's birdie on the sixth extra hole Bryce Molder (Wikipedia)
· cut +1, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Frys.com Open
CordeValle Golf Club, CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bryce Molder
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 October 2011
to be brutally honest, I didn't want to be there, and I wasn't ready for dealing with the nerves yet and the shots, and really the failure yet.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 October 2011
I started thinking about like, you know, NFL or something, we've got the instant replay here and is it going to overturn the call. And it was very close.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 October 2011
I'm pissed, but I'm not angry. I guess there's really not that much difference.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryce Molder | 71 · 67 · 65 · 64 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Briny Baird | 67 · 69 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| 3 | Bud Cauley | 69 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Shane Bertsch | 70 · 68 · 68 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 69 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| 6 | John Rollins | 69 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | 72 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | David Hearn | 71 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Spencer Levin | 71 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Matt McQuillan | 70 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Brendan Steele | 67 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Josh Teater | 71 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Adam Hadwin | 71 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | 70 · 64 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1979-01-27, Harrison, Arkansas; USA; turned pro 2001; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 155 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet