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Sunday 10 March 2013PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-Cadillac Championship
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 March 2013 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 76 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,750,000 USD · Cadillac
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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 28 km/h NNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/15°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/16°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/19°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 38 · 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
- Steve Stricker USA · 271Closed with 68 to finish two back after giving Woods a 45-minute putting lesson on Wednesday; never got closer than three shots in the final round until Woods' late bogeys Tiger Woods prevails at Doral (Associated Press, via ESPN)
65 started, 65 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Cadillac Championship
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (TPC Blue Monster), Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2013
Go to the second hole, Graeme hits it in there stiff; I need to answer.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2013
I pushed myself through some interesting little injuries and knickknack things over the years, and sometimes it's been good and sometimes it's been bad.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2013
I have no idea. Who knows, he might have putted just as good without my help, who knows.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 65 · 67 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 67 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | 72 · 70 · 68 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | 66 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 67 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell | 66 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| 7 | Keegan Bradley | 68 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Rory McIlroy | 73 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 68 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Peter Hanson | 67 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Michael Thompson | 69 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 76; 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