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Sunday 25 March 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 March 2012 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 72 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · MasterCard
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/19°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/18°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/19°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 44 · 3 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
- Graeme McDowell NIR · 280Plugged his approach in a bunker and double-bogeyed the first hole; despite a 45-foot birdie and 50-foot eagle he never got closer than two and closed with 74 Tiger Woods wins at Bay Hill (Associated Press, via ESPN)
120 started · cut +3, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2012
The tournament wasn't over until I hit the ball on the green. We've seen what's happened this year with leads.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2012
I got Official World Ranking points, didn't I? You can't win this one, can you.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2012
No, it was a case of me playing average and he was playing well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Graeme McDowell | 72 · 63 · 71 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Ian Poulter | 71 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Brian Davis | 70 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Ryan Moore | 71 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | 70 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Bubba Watson | 69 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Kevin Na | 73 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Johnson Wagner | 71 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 71 · 70 · 67 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 72; majors to date: 14; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet