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Sunday 14 August 2011PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Bradley wins PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 2011 · Keegan Bradley’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · 93rd PGA Championship
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/24°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/23°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/24°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/23°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 47 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jason Dufner USA · 272Led by five with four holes to play after Bradley's triple bogey at 15, then bogeyed 15, 16 and 17 to fall into a tie and lost the three-hole aggregate playoff by one stroke Keegan Bradley beats Jason Dufner in US PGA play-off (BBC Sport)
156 started · cut +4, 75 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Johns Creek
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jason Dufner
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
Like I said in there, it seems like a dream and I'm afraid I'm going to wake up here in the next five minutes and it's not going to be real.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
Then on 17, it would be a putt that I'll never forget the rest of my life.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
Unfortunately I had the lead and I struggled on them.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keegan Bradley | 71 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Jason Dufner | 70 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| 3 | Anders Hansen | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | David Toms | 72 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Robert Karlsson | 70 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | 67 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| 7 | Adam Scott | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Luke Donald | 70 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 71 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Kevin Na | 72 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | D.A. Points | 69 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1986-06-07, Woodstock, Vermont; USA; turned pro 2008; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 108 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 93rd PGA Championship); BBC also states 'Ranked 108th in the world').
What’s in the bag
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