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Monday 7 February 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Wilson wins Waste Management Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 3 to Monday 7 February 2011 · Mark Wilson’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,100,000 USD · Waste Management · frost delays (7 hours 24 minutes lost by Friday, per AP) forced a Monday finish; the playoff was played Monday February 7
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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R19°/-4°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R212°/-2°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/1°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/3°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/5°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, 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
- Jason Dufner USA · 266Closed with 66 to post 18 under (birdies at 16 and 17, a bunker shot at 18 that caught the lip), then lost the playoff when Wilson two-putted from 70-plus feet on the first extra hole and birdied the second ASAP Sports interview transcript: Jason Dufner, Waste Management Phoenix Open, 2011-02-07
· cut -3, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Waste Management Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Wilson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 February 2011
I prayed out there a lot, and I looked at the board with two holes to go and I saw Dufner had posted 18 so I needed a birdie.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 February 2011
Three starts, but who's counting. 67 percent, not 50.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 February 2011
I think I've had three bogeys since the fourth round of Bob Hope, so that's over 108 holes with three bogeys, so that's pretty solid golf.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Wilson | 65 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Jason Dufner | 65 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| T3 | Martin Laird | 68 · 71 · 64 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Gary Woodland | 68 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | J.B. Holmes | 65 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Nick Watney | 70 · 66 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Brandt Snedeker | 69 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Webb Simpson | 70 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Y.E. Yang | 69 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Chris Couch | 66 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Tommy Gainey | 63 · 65 · 68 · 74 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1974-10-31, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1997; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet