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Sunday 20 January 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Gay wins Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
PGA West (Palmer Course), La Quinta, California · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 January 2013 · Brian Gay’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Humana
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/9°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/9°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/10°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 23 · 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
- Charles Howell III USA · 263Three-putted the 72nd hole from about 85 feet for par and a 64, then lost on the second playoff hole (the 10th) when he drove into the rough, found the back bunker and bogeyed Brian Gay wins 4th tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- David Lingmerth SWE · 263Closed with 62 to join the playoff in his second career PGA Tour start, then hit his approach into the water on the first extra hole and was eliminated with a bogey Brian Gay wins 4th tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
PGA West (Palmer Course), PGA West (Palmer Course), La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brian Gay
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 January 2013
I've always been a short hitter on the TOUR and I felt like I was getting older I'm only going to get shorter and shorter.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 January 2013
I figured at least one, if not both of them, would birdie 18. So I was fortunate for that not to happen and have another chance. And boom, there we go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 January 2013
But, yeah, once we got to the playoff, I kind of thought of it as a sort of a three-man race for a spot in the Masters. But, yeah, not to be.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Gay | 67 · 66 · 67 · 63 | 263 | −25 |
| T2 | Charles Howell III | 67 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 263 | −25 |
| T2 | David Lingmerth | 68 · 64 · 69 · 62 | 263 | −25 |
| T4 | James Hahn | 63 · 67 · 72 · 62 | 264 | −24 |
| T4 | Scott Stallings | 66 · 65 · 63 · 70 | 264 | −24 |
| T6 | Nicholas Thompson | 69 · 66 · 66 · 64 | 265 | −23 |
| T6 | Ryan Palmer | 65 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| T8 | Kevin Chappell | 68 · 69 · 67 · 62 | 266 | −22 |
| T8 | Jason Kokrak | 63 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| T10 | Richard H. Lee | 66 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Brian Stuard | 71 · 67 · 62 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Billy Horschel | 67 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Kevin Streelman | 69 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 66 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Charley Hoffman | 65 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
The golfer
born 1971-12-14, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; turned pro 1994; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 296 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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