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Sunday 23 January 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Parnevik wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Coachella Valley, California (region; the course comes with research) · Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 January 2000 · Jesper Parnevik’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Chrysler · 90-hole pro-am over five days (first round 19 January per the ASAP first-round transcript; OWGR lists 20 January).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rory Sabbatini RSA · 332Two ahead with nine to play after an outward 30, he lost focus when a marshal nearly stepped on his ball at the 10th, bogeyed the 10th and later missed a par putt to fall one behind, then drove under a tree on the par-5 18th and his 20-foot birdie putt to force a playoff missed. Golf Today: Parnevik wins by one after last round 65 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
128 started · cut -11, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Bermuda Dunes Country Club (final round; multi-course rotation incl. La Quinta and Indian Wells), Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Coachella Valley, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jesper Parnevik
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2000
I actually thought, "Wouldn't it be amazing if I shot 59 to win the tournament, two years in a row here," and I just chunked a wedge in the bunker to make bogey.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2000
he looked -- he was down on the ground, and it looked like a big golf ball was growing out of his forehead. It was a terrible sight
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2000
Unfortunately, there was a marshal who decided he was going to play soccer with my golf ball. We had to keep pulling him away from my golf ball.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 January 2000
I tell you something, it's a great preparation for Phoenix next week
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 67 · 66 · 64 · 65 | 331 | −27 |
| 2 | Rory Sabbatini | 67 · 67 · 66 · 64 · 68 | 332 | −26 |
| T3 | J.L. Lewis | 65 · 66 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 333 | −25 |
| T3 | David Toms | 63 · 68 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 333 | −25 |
| T5 | Hal Sutton | 68 · 66 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 335 | −23 |
| T5 | David Duval | 68 · 67 · 63 · 68 · 69 | 335 | −23 |
| T7 | Fred Funk | 68 · 68 · 74 · 63 · 63 | 336 | −22 |
| T7 | John Huston | 69 · 65 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 336 | −22 |
| T7 | Matt Gogel | 66 · 67 · 64 · 68 · 71 | 336 | −22 |
| T10 | Andrew Magee | 66 · 65 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 337 | −21 |
| T10 | Kirk Triplett | 69 · 64 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 337 | −21 |
The golfer
born 1965-03-07, Botkyrka, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1986; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet