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Sunday 3 March 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Thompson wins the Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 28 February to Sunday 3 March 2013 · Michael Thompson’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Honda
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/15°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 26 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 0.3 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
- Geoff Ogilvy AUS · 273Chipped in for birdie behind the 16th green and two-putted for birdie at the 18th to close with 69, two shots back; Thompson then birdied the last Michael Thompson takes Honda (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael Thompson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2013
I've never felt so good on the course while in contention than I did today. I just felt real calm, real smooth.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2013
I was having thoughts of, I'm going to miss every cut this year. I'm not going to play great at all; I'm going to lose my card and then what.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2013
it was going to pear-shaped on the West Coast that I kind of had to view it as, this is my first week of the year, let's just kind of start again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Thompson | 67 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| 2 | Geoff Ogilvy | 68 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| 3 | Luke Guthrie | 68 · 63 · 71 · 73 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | David Lynn | 72 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Erik Compton | 69 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | 69 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley | 68 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 68 · 66 · 72 · 71 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Charl Schwartzel | 70 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Graeme McDowell | 67 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Graham DeLaet | 65 · 68 · 73 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Lee Westwood | 66 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1985-04-16, Tucson, Arizona; USA; turned pro 2008; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 114 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet