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Sunday 5 August 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Henry wins Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada, USA · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August 2012 · J.J. Henry’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/13°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 45 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 43 · 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
- Alexandre Rocha BRAsecond-round leader; trailed 43-40 heading to the par-5 18th needing an eagle, but his approach bounced into the gallery and he could only get up and down for birdie; lost by a point J.J. Henry wins Reno-Tahoe Open (AP via ESPN)
· cut 7 points, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf & Country Club, Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
J.J. Henry
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2012
My three-year-old goes, "Daddy, bring home trophy." And that's really all I thought about out there those last couple holes was "Daddy, bring home trophy."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2012
It is what it is. I knew all I had to do was win by a point, and that's exactly what I did.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2012
for four days I never looked at the scoreboard, I never asked anything until we got to the 18th tee today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.J. Henry | 43 | |
| 2 | Alexandre Rocha | ||
| 3 | Andres Romero | 37 | |
| 4 | John Mallinger | 34 | |
| T5 | John Daly | 33 | |
| T5 | Justin Leonard | 33 | |
| 7 | Josh Teater | ||
| T8 | Todd Hamilton | ||
| T8 | Tom Pernice-Jr | ||
| T8 | Brendan Steele |
The golfer
born 1975-04-02, Fairfield, Connecticut; USA; turned pro 1998; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 219 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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