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Sunday 9 July 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Allenby wins Advil Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 July 2000 · Robert Allenby’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Advil
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/18°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 16.5 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
- Nick Price ZIM · 274tied Allenby at 14 under after Allenby bogeyed the 16th and 18th, then lost on the first playoff hole after driving into a fairway bunker; his second Western Open playoff defeat (also 1986) Golf Today: Allenby makes it 6 for 6 in playoffs (unbylined round 4 report; Wayback copy)
152 started · cut -1, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Advil Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club (Dubsdread Course), Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Allenby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report, Wayback copy)
9 July 2000
Playoffs must agree with me. A win's a win. I really don't care how I get it.
Golf Today (unbylined report, Wayback copy)
9 July 2000
To beat Nick Price in a playoff is awesome. I was very fortunate, very lucky.
Golf Today (unbylined report, Wayback copy)
9 July 2000
I've lost two playoffs in the Western Open, but when I look back, this tournament has been so good to me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Nick Price | 63 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Greg Kraft | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Shigeki Maruyama | 72 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Jeff Maggert | 70 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Franklin Langham | 69 · 65 · 74 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Brian Henninger | 70 · 63 · 70 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Frank Lickliter | 74 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Scott Hoch | 72 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Fred Couples | 67 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Carl Paulson | 67 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | David Toms | 72 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Steve Flesch | 69 · 66 · 68 · 75 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1971-07-12, Melbourne, Australia; AUS; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 69 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet