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Sunday 1 July 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins AT&T National
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland, USA · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 2012 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 74 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,500,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/20°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R239°/25°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/23°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R437°/24°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 53 · 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
- Bo Van Pelt USA · 278matched Woods' birdies through the back nine; both made 6 on the par-5 16th, then Van Pelt caught a flier over the 17th green and made bogey to fall behind for good Tiger Woods wins at Congressional (AP via ESPN)
· cut +6, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T National
Congressional Country Club, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 July 2012
I've always donated all of my winnings to the foundation, so they're very happy.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
1 July 2012
Yesterday was a silent day … I think everyone saved up for today. What an atmosphere to play in front of.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 July 2012
I think a lot of people are looking for their cell phones right now because I think they ran out of baggies pretty quick.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| 2 | Bo Van Pelt | 67 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | 75 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Robert Garrigus | 70 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Jhonattan Vegas | 71 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Billy Hurley III | 69 · 73 · 66 · 72 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | S.Y. Noh | 70 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Jason Day | 69 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Hunter Mahan | 70 · 65 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −3 |
| 10 | Nick Watney | 70 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 74; majors to date: 14; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet