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CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
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#18 at Quail Hollow
YOU GOTTA FINISH
The winners of the Wachovia Championship are forced to play great golf
over the course’s fearsome final two holes. How have champions played
holes 17 and 18? Woods recorded four bogeys and four pars last year. Jim
Furyk had two birdies, two bogeys, and four pars in 2006. Vijay Singh parred
the holes in all four rounds in 2005, while Joey Sindelar had a birdie at the
17th on Sunday to go along with seven pars in 2004. David Toms made nothing
but pars in 2003 until a quadruple-bogey eight at the par-4 18th on
Sunday allowed him to win by two over Singh, Brent Geiberger, and Robert
Gamez.
Tiger Woods
Jim Furyk Vijay Singh David Toms
WACHOVIA BOASTS MAJOR CHAMPIONS
Woods became the fourth major championship winner to add the Wachovia
Championship to his resume. Woods joins Jim Furyk (U.S. Open), Vijay Singh
(Masters, PGA Championship), and David Toms (PGA Championship) as
Wachovia Championship winners who have also won major championships.
The Quail Hollow Club course has the feel of a major championship venue,
and past winners have gone on to prove that is an accurate assessment. Past
winners who have recorded top-10s at the three remaining majors are Tiger
Woods (2007: T2-U.S. Open, 1st-PGA Championship), Jim Furyk (2006: T2-
U.S. Open, 4-British Open), Vijay Singh (2005: T6-U.S. Open, T5-British
Open, T10-PGA Championship), David Toms (2003: T5-U.S. Open).
Billy Mayfair
CHASING THE ELUSIVE EAGLE
The 591-yard par-5 10th failed to yield a single eagle
on Sunday, after allowing at least one in each of the
first three rounds. Billy Mayfair and Vijay Singh led
the field in total eagles in 2007 with two each.
#17 at Quail Hollow
NO WALK IN THE PARK
The Quail Hollow Club played to a cumulative average
of 73.280, making it the 11th most difficult
course on the PGA TOUR in 2007.
LENGTH DOESN’T MATTER
While the Quail Hollow Club plays to a lengthy 7,442
yards, it did not favor the long hitter in 2007. Not a single
player in the top-10 in Driving Distance last year
managed to finish in the top-10 on the leaderboard.
WALKIN’ THE MILE
“The Green Mile”, Quail Hollow’s vaunted three finishing
holes, ranked as the three hardest holes on the
golf course in last year’s final round. The three holes
combined for a miniscule 13 total birdies on Sunday.
The 478-yard par-4 18th played as the most difficult
with a stroke average of 4.560.
2008 Wachovia Championship Official Event Program