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Sunday 8 July 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Potter wins the Greenbrier Classic
The Old White TPC, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 July 2012 · Ted Potter Jr.’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,100,000 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
14 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/19°C · wind 7 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/21°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 1.1 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
- Troy Kelly USA · 264closed with a 66 but missed birdie putts on the final two holes of regulation, then lost on the third playoff hole when his 45-foot birdie putt missed and Potter made birdie Ted Potter Jr. wins in playoff (AP via ESPN)
· cut -1, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Greenbrier Classic
The Old White TPC, The Old White TPC, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ted Potter Jr.
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
8 July 2012
When you're missing cuts every week, you get down on yourself … I mean, it's hard to pick yourself back up.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
8 July 2012
It was just a big relief … All the struggles the last few weeks, knowing that now I've got a couple years to try to improve on my game and win some more tournaments.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
8 July 2012
I had a lot of fun … And looking forward to kind of getting in that position some more.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Potter Jr. | 69 · 67 · 64 · 64 | 264 | −16 |
| 2 | Troy Kelly | 69 · 67 · 62 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Charlie Wi | 67 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | Charlie Beljan | 70 · 62 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| 5 | Daniel Summerhays | 68 · 67 · 68 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| 6 | Martin Flores | 64 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Roberto Castro | 71 · 64 · 71 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Kevin Na | 69 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Sean O'Hair | 66 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Ken Duke | 66 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Webb Simpson | 65 · 66 · 65 · 73 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1983-11-09, Ocala, Florida; USA; turned pro 2002; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 218 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet