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Monday 20 August 2012PGA TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA · Thursday 16 to Monday 20 August 2012 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,200,000 USD · Wyndham · weather: heavy rain halted the final round Sunday Aug 19 with 38 players on the course; completed Monday Aug 20 (first Monday finish in Greensboro since 1983)
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/18°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/18°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 18.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/19°C · wind 7 km/h W, gusts 23 · 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
- Tim Clark RSA · 264matched Garcia at 15 under with a birdie on the 8th on Monday, but Garcia birdied 13, 15, 16 and 17; Clark closed with 67, two back Garcia claims 2-stroke win at rainy Wyndham (AP via Bangor Daily News)
· cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2012
Probably get 75 and a tip (laughter). I don't know. I don't know.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2012
sometimes it hurts to hear people not giving enough credit to some of those wins because they're in Europe.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2012
Having missed a whole year and finally get myself in contention in tournaments means a lot to me. Yeah, mine probably means more than people realize.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 67 · 63 · 66 · 66 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Tim Clark | 63 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| 3 | Bud Cauley | 66 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Chad Campbell | 71 · 64 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Jimmy Walker | 66 · 62 · 71 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Carl Pettersson | 62 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T7 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 67 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| T7 | Bill Haas | 68 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T7 | Jason Dufner | 68 · 67 · 63 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | John Merrick | 66 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Troy Matteson | 64 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 67 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Harris English | 66 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
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