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Monday 25 March 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 21 to Monday 25 March 2013 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 77 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · MasterCard · weather: final round suspended Sunday, March 24 by a thunderstorm and completed on Monday, March 25
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/9°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/8°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 30 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/17°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 33 km/h SW, gusts 78 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/12°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 277Closed with 70 and got within two with a birdie at 16, but Woods answered with a two-putt birdie on the same hole and won by two Tiger returns to No. 1, wins Bay Hill (Associated Press, via ESPN)
132 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2013
This is my first house I ever owned, and it was here in Orlando, and both my kids were born here.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2013
I've turned rounds that should be 1 or 2-over to under-par rounds and that's allowed me to go ahead and win golf tournaments.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 March 2013
Yeah, you wouldn't have known this was a Monday with the crowds out there the way they grew.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 65 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Keegan Bradley | 74 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Mark Wilson | 71 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 69 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Rickie Fowler | 73 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| 7 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 69 · 73 · 66 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | William McGirt | 74 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Henrik Stenson | 71 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | 69 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Ken Duke | 70 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Bill Haas | 69 · 66 · 73 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 77; majors to date: 14; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet