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Sunday 13 February 2000PGA TourYear in Review

Mickelson wins Buick Invitational

Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 February 2000 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Buick

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

10 h 46 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R115°/12°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R215°/12°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R315°/12°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 51 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R415°/12°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 22 · 0.1 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

151 started, 71 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Buick Invitational

Torrey Pines Golf Course (South and North courses), Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Phil Mickelson

270Total
−18To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)

I wasn't out to end the streak. I don't want to be the bad guy. I just wanted to win the tournament.

Phil Mickelson, quoted in Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report), 13 February 2000. The report

CNNSI.com (AP)

I have a lot of confidence after this week. I tackled the best in the world and I won.

Phil Mickelson, quoted in CNNSI.com (AP), 13 February 2000. The report

CNNSI.com (AP)

It's disappointing I didn't win. I just wasn't hitting it good enough to give myself a viable chance down the stretch, and it finally caught up with me.

Tiger Woods, quoted in CNNSI.com (AP), 13 February 2000. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Phil Mickelson66 · 67 · 67 · 70270−18
T2Shigeki Maruyama69 · 64 · 69 · 72274−14
T2Tiger Woods71 · 68 · 67 · 68274−14
4Davis Love III65 · 71 · 69 · 70275−13
T5Fred Couples68 · 71 · 67 · 70276−12
T5Kirk Triplett69 · 64 · 73 · 70276−12
T5Kevin Sutherland73 · 66 · 69 · 68276−12
T8Bradley Hughes68 · 67 · 73 · 69277−11
T8Stephen Sear72 · 67 · 69 · 69277−11
T10Sandy Lyle68 · 66 · 74 · 71279−9
T10J.P. Hayes67 · 71 · 72 · 69279−9
T10Steve Flesch69 · 68 · 69 · 73279−9
T10Brent Geiberger69 · 72 · 70 · 68279−9
The golfer

born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 0; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

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