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Monday 28 January 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 24 to Monday 28 January 2013 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 75 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,100,000 USD · Farmers Insurance · fog wiped out Saturday's play, forcing the first Monday finish in tournament history; Woods completed the final 11 holes on Monday, January 28
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/14°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 16.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R513°/10°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 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
- Brandt Snedeker USA · 278Defending champion; closed with 69 to tie for second, four shots back, after Woods had led by eight with five holes to play Tiger Woods wins at Torrey Pines (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Josh Teater USA · 278Closed with 69 to tie for second, four shots back Tiger Woods wins at Torrey Pines (Associated Press, via ESPN)
· cut -1, 86 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines (South Course and North Course), Torrey Pines, La Jolla, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2013
In the end I just started losing my patience. It was so slow out there. We played nine holes in just over three hours and three of them are par-3s. That's not fast.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2013
I'm trying to beat everyone in this field, and that hasn't changed and it won't change. That's the mentality I have.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2013
This is my fourth year out here, so it's no fluke that I belong. It's just taking the next step.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Brandt Snedeker | 65 · 75 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Josh Teater | 66 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Nick Watney | 69 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Jimmy Walker | 67 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Robert Garrigus | 72 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | 77 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Aaron Baddeley | 71 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Jason Day | 73 · 70 · 72 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | 69 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Graham DeLaet | 68 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | K.J. Choi | 65 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Charles Howell III | 66 · 72 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Brad Fritsch | 69 · 67 · 70 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 75; 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