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Sunday 3 June 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3 June 2012 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 73 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Nationwide Insurance
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/12°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 33 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 54 · 31.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/9°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/12°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 41 · 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
- Rory Sabbatini SVK · 281held the lead late but drove into the right bunker at the 16th and bogeyed to fall one behind, then his approach at the 18th, needing a 2 to tie, finished about six inches too far Tiger Woods rallies to win Memorial (Associated Press via ESPN, 2012-06-03)
- Andres Romero ARG · 281closed with a 67, tying the low round of the day, to finish two back Andres Romero interview, 2012-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
120 started · cut +3, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus interview, 2012-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2012
I pulled it off, and for it to land as soft as it did was kind of a surprise because it was baked out and it was also downhill running away from me. It just fell in.
Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus interview, 2012-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2012
I'm sure by Tuesday I'll be retired and done, and then by the time I tee it up at the U.S. Open it might be something different.
Rory Sabbatini interview, 2012-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2012
It was on the flag the whole way, so I was liking the look of it, and then it was about six inches too far.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Andres Romero | 69 · 73 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Rory Sabbatini | 69 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Daniel Summerhays | 69 · 71 · 74 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Spencer Levin | 67 · 72 · 69 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Matt Every | 69 · 75 · 71 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Jonathan Byrd | 71 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| 8 | Justin Rose | 73 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Greg Owen | 72 · 71 · 76 · 67 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Aaron Baddeley | 69 · 72 · 73 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Ryo Ishikawa | 72 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 73; majors to date: 14; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance' (week 22/2012), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet