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Sunday 10 September 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 September 2000 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 24 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,300,000 USD · Bell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/13°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/17°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 6.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 32 · 10.8 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
- Grant Waite NZL · 267matched Woods with a bogey-free 66 but missed a 20-foot eagle putt at the 72nd that could have forced a playoff Golf Today: Woods edges out Waite for 9th win of 2000 (final round report, Wayback Machine copy)
154 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Club, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
10 September 2000
When pressure is at its peak, that's when your concentration level is at its highest
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
10 September 2000
The guy takes out a 6-iron, fires at the flag, with the tournament on the line
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
10 September 2000
He's an extraordinary player who comes along once every generation -- or his this case, maybe once in forever.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 65 · 64 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Grant Waite | 69 · 64 · 68 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 67 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Craig Perks | 72 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Greg Chalmers | 69 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Scott Verplank | 72 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Steve Flesch | 71 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Franklin Langham | 73 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Rory Sabbatini | 70 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Paul Azinger | 73 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Craig Stadler | 71 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Hal Sutton | 72 · 72 · 65 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Brandt Jobe | 70 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | J.L. Lewis | 67 · 70 · 65 · 75 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 70 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Paul Stankowski | 72 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Jim McGovern | 76 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Shaun Micheel | 69 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Kevin Sutherland | 65 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 24; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, week 36 2000)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet