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Sunday 31 March 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Points wins Shell Houston Open
Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 March 2013 · D.A. Points’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Shell · final round interrupted by a long thunderstorm delay; finished Sunday
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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 43 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/16°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 40 · 8.7 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
- Billy Horschel USA · 273Closed with 66 to post 15 under and waited for a playoff that never came when Points saved par from 12 feet at the 72nd D.A. Points triumphs at Houston (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Henrik Stenson SWE · 273Birdied his last two holes for a 66 to tie Horschel one shot back; the finish lifted him to No. 42 in the world and into the Masters D.A. Points triumphs at Houston (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Golf Club of Houston, Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
D.A. Points
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2013
Sent me a text and said, you can just pay for my change fee and that will be payment enough for the lesson. I probably should kick him a little more than that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2013
I did something similar to this my very first year on the Web.com Tour in 2010 where I was playing like garbage the whole year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2013
So, like Gary said, maybe I should start aiming to the hole when I'm hitting it this good.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.A. Points | 64 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 68 · 72 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Ben Crane | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 67 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Kevin Chappell | 70 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 71 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 9 | Jason Kokrak | 66 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Charles Howell III | 69 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Brendon de Jonge | 71 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Louis Oosthuizen | 70 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Keegan Bradley | 70 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Bill Haas | 68 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1976-12-01, Pekin, Illinois; USA; turned pro 1999; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 195 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet