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Sunday 28 October 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Watney wins CIMB Classic
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 October 2012 · purse $6,100,000 USD · CIMB
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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 · 263Defending champion, co-leader after 54 holes; closed 66 and needed a birdie at 18 to force a playoff but could only save par from a greenside bunker Nick Watney shoots 61 for win (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Robert Garrigus USA · 263Co-leader after 54 holes; closed 66 to finish one behind Watney's 61 Nick Watney shoots 61 for win (Associated Press, via ESPN)
48 started, 48 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
CIMB Classic
The Mines Resort & Golf Club, The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Watney
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 2012
But I kind of thought about that, and winning the tournament was more important than 59 for me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 2012
So 59 kind of went out the window right there when I dropped it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 2012
Every once in a while a guy comes from the pack and shoots a low number and wins the golf tournament, and that's what happened today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Watney | 71 · 65 · 65 · 61 | 262 | −22 |
| T2 | Bo Van Pelt | 70 · 65 · 62 · 66 | 263 | −21 |
| T2 | Robert Garrigus | 64 · 64 · 69 · 66 | 263 | −21 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 67 · 69 · 63 | 265 | −19 |
| T4 | Brendon de Jonge | 68 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| T4 | Chris Kirk | 69 · 66 · 63 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| 7 | Carl Pettersson | 69 · 67 · 68 · 62 | 266 | −18 |
| 8 | Jbe Kruger | 66 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 9 | Pat Perez | 67 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| T10 | Scott Piercy | 75 · 68 · 64 · 62 | 269 | −15 |
| T10 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | 65 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T10 | Kevin Na | 67 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T10 | Brian Harman | 64 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1981-04-25, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 2003; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 22 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet