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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).
- R115°/12°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/12°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 51 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 274Came from seven strokes back to tie for the lead with a birdie on the 13th, then three-putted the 14th and bogeyed the 16th from a bunker to finish four behind, ending his six-event PGA Tour winning streak. CNNSI.com (AP): The Streak ended in style, Buick Invitational final round, 13 Feb 2000 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- Shigeki Maruyama JPN · 274Four strokes behind Mickelson after six holes of the final round, he faded to a closing 72 and tied Woods for second, four strokes back. CNNSI.com (AP): The Streak ended in style, Buick Invitational final round, 13 Feb 2000 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
13 February 2000
I wasn't out to end the streak. I don't want to be the bad guy. I just wanted to win the tournament.
CNNSI.com (AP)
13 February 2000
I have a lot of confidence after this week. I tackled the best in the world and I won.
CNNSI.com (AP)
13 February 2000
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.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Shigeki Maruyama | 69 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Davis Love III | 65 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Fred Couples | 68 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Kirk Triplett | 69 · 64 · 73 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Kevin Sutherland | 73 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Bradley Hughes | 68 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Stephen Sear | 72 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Sandy Lyle | 68 · 66 · 74 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | J.P. Hayes | 67 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Steve Flesch | 69 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Brent Geiberger | 69 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −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).
What’s in the bag
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