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Sunday 9 January 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Byrd wins Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 2011 · Jonathan Byrd’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Hyundai
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/20°C · wind 26 km/h N, gusts 36 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/20°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/20°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 37 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/21°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 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
- Robert Garrigus USA · 268Shot 67 and missed a 12-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole that would have won; in the playoff a poor chip cost him on the 18th, then he ran his putt 3 feet by on No. 1 and caught the right lip coming back Jonathan Byrd wins PGA Tour opener (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 32 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jonathan Byrd
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2011
Grateful to Robert, man. What a great -- what a great display of sportsmanship. He's smiling in the playoff.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2011
I didn't look at a leaderboard all day, not once. Not even on 18.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2011
I felt like I won the tournament within the tournament for myself because I told myself if I could shoot six, I'm going to win
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Byrd | 66 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −24 |
| 2 | Robert Garrigus | 69 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −24 |
| 3 | Graeme McDowell | 71 · 68 · 68 · 62 | 269 | −23 |
| T4 | Carl Pettersson | 66 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −20 |
| T4 | Steve Stricker | 69 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −20 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −18 |
| T6 | Matt Kuchar | 69 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −18 |
| 8 | Bill Haas | 68 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −16 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 71 · 66 · 73 · 68 | 278 | −14 |
| T9 | Jason Day | 73 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1978-01-27, Anderson, South Carolina; USA; turned pro 2000; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 121 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet