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Sunday 20 February 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Baddeley wins Northern Trust Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 February 2011 · Aaron Baddeley’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,500,000 USD · Northern Trust
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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/9°C · wind 30 km/h SE, gusts 55 · 19.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/8°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 12.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/6°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0.5 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 274Was in the hunt all afternoon and birdied the 11th, then played the 12th (wrong club behind the Bogart tree) and 13th (bogey) badly; finished two back ASAP Sports interview transcript: Vijay Singh, Northern Trust Open, 2011-02-20
· cut +3, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Northern Trust Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Aaron Baddeley
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 February 2011
Well, everybody was yelling out "Freddie, Freddie, Freddie." I knew he was going to be the fan favorite, and I mean, no reason why he shouldn't be.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 February 2011
That's a long ways -- that's like 20-something years away. I hope so. I hope so. Hopefully I can still play as good as Freddie does at 51.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 February 2011
I mean, I had a little bit of it in Phoenix but was in there all afternoon today. It was good. I'm feeling good, and I think I've still got it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Baddeley | 67 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Kevin Na | 71 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Jimmy Walker | 68 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | 67 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Ryan Moore | 69 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | K.J. Choi | 70 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Fred Couples | 68 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 277 | −7 |
| T9 | J.J. Henry | 69 · 74 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | David Duval | 71 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Justin Rose | 69 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1981-03-17, Lebanon, New Hampshire; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 224 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet