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Sunday 23 September 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 September 2018 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 80 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,000,000 USD
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/21°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/21°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 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
- Billy Horschel USA · 271closed with a 66 to post 9 under while Woods still had three holes to play; Woods's lead never dropped below two Tiger Woods caps comeback by winning Tour Championship (ESPN, Bob Harig)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 September 2018
between our second and third shots, he said, this is like Jack in '80 at Baltusrol. I said, yeah, I just didn't have the tight pants and the hair.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 September 2018
When I was hitting that bunker shot, just like every weekend hacker, just whatever you do, don't blade this thing out of bounds.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 September 2018
He moves the needle. He is the needle. He is the entire barometer of the whole thing. He's just not the needle, he's everything in there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Billy Horschel | 71 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Hideki Matsuyama | 72 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Webb Simpson | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 66 · 67 · 68 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Rickie Fowler | 65 · 72 · 73 · 65 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Xander Schauffele | 68 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Justin Thomas | 67 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 68 · 66 · 74 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 80; majors to date: 14; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet