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Sunday 25 September 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Haas wins TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 September 2011 · Bill Haas’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · Coca-Cola
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/20°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 27 · 26.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/19°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 0.1 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
- Hunter Mahan USA · 272closed with 71 and did not make his first birdie until the 18th; in the playoff, after Haas splashed out of the water to two feet on the second extra hole, Mahan's birdie putt ran a tad too hard, and he lost on the third extra hole ASAP Sports transcript: Hunter Mahan, TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, 2011-09-25
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bill Haas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 September 2011
You play it like a bunker shot, for those of you that want to know, if there's a little bit of water, if you don't mind getting your feet dirty, and then blast it out of there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 September 2011
it was an all or nothing shot, so if I don't pull it off, I'm shaking Hunter's hand, so it didn't matter if my foot was dirty.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 September 2011
I thought I had one on the second playoff hole and then he hits it out of the water to two feet, so it seemed like he was destined to win this week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Haas | 68 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Hunter Mahan | 67 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −8 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 66 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | K.J. Choi | 68 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Aaron Baddeley | 68 · 69 · 64 · 72 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Charles Howell III | 67 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 67 · 65 · 74 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Jason Day | 67 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| 9 | Bo Van Pelt | 71 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| 10 | Phil Mickelson | 68 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1982-05-24, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2004; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 45 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet