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Sunday 4 August 2013PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio, USA · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 August 2013 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 79 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,750,000 USD · Bridgestone
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/18°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 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
- Keegan Bradley USA · 272defending champion closed with a 67 to finish seven shots back; no one got within six shots of Woods all day Tiger wins 79th tour event by 7 shots (AP via ESPN)
- Henrik Stenson SWE · 272played alongside Woods in the final round and shot 70 to tie for second, seven back Tiger wins 79th tour event by 7 shots (AP via ESPN)
73 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2013
Can I play six holes on each? … Come on, that was a good answer.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2013
Torrey being seaside, and Bay Hill has got a lot of twists and turns, and this one is just as straightforward and as plain Jane as can be.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
4 August 2013
He kind of punctured this tournament on Friday,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 61 · 68 · 70 | 265 | −15 |
| T2 | Keegan Bradley | 66 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T2 | Henrik Stenson | 65 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Zach Johnson | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 71 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Jason Dufner | 67 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Bill Haas | 67 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Chris Wood | 66 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Martin Kaymer | 74 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Richard Sterne | 70 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Luke Donald | 67 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 79; majors to date: 14; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet