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Sunday 24 February 2013PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Kuchar wins WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
The Golf Club at Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona · Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24 February 2013 · Matt Kuchar’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,750,000 USD · Accenture · snow suspended first-round play on Wednesday Feb 20 and delayed Thursday's restart; semifinals and final both played Sunday Feb 24
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R111°/2°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 66 · 15.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R210°/1°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/3°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/3°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R511°/4°C · wind 28 km/h WNW, gusts 59 · 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
- Hunter Mahan USADefending champion; fell 4 down at the turn, cut the lead to one with two holes left, then plugged his fairway-bunker lie on 17, reached the desert and conceded the hole and the match, 2 and 1 Matt Kuchar wins WGC-Match Play (Associated Press, via ESPN)
64 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
The Golf Club at Dove Mountain, The Golf Club at Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Kuchar
Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 February 2013
I think I was hiding in my ski cap and ski mitts and did a good job of covering up any sort of nervousness.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 February 2013
I went seven years between wins. I won 2002 real early in my PGA TOUR career, then went seven years before I won again in 2009.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 February 2013
It's just frustrating every time I have to look at Kuch now, I'll know that he beat me here, so that stinks.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar | ||
| 2 | Hunter Mahan | ||
| 3 | Jason Day | ||
| 4 | Ian Poulter | ||
| T5 | Steve Stricker | ||
| T5 | Robert Garrigus | ||
| T5 | Graeme McDowell | ||
| T5 | Webb Simpson | ||
| T9 | Freddie Jacobson | ||
| T9 | Tim Clark | ||
| T9 | Nicolas Colsaerts | ||
| T9 | Bubba Watson | ||
| T9 | Scott Piercy | ||
| T9 | Martin Kaymer | ||
| T9 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | ||
| T9 | Shane Lowry |
The golfer
born 1978-06-21, Winter Park, Florida; USA; turned pro 2000; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet