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Sunday 2 July 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Begay wins Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut · Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 2000 · Notah Begay III’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,800,000 USD · Canon
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/16°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0 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
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 261lost his three-stroke 54-hole lead early, drew level with an eagle at the drivable 15th, missed a birdie putt by inches at the 18th, then watched Begay hole from 25 feet to win Golf Today: Begay makes it two in a row (unbylined round 4 report; Wayback copy)
151 started, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Notah Begay III
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2000
No one's ever given me anything in my life; so, I'm not going to expect him to lay down.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2000
I wanted to get to 20. That was my number. I knew if I could get to 20, I'd have a shot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2000
You know, he didn't have to make six 25-footers on me, but he did, so I guess you could say he beat me.
Golf Today (unbylined report, Wayback copy)
2 July 2000
We've got to keep the Stanford streak going. He won the U.S. Open, I've won these two, and he's got to win it next week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notah Begay III | 64 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 260 | −20 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 65 · 64 · 64 · 68 | 261 | −19 |
| 3 | Kirk Triplett | 64 · 72 · 61 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Doug Barron | 65 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Chris DiMarco | 69 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Steve Flesch | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Edward Fryatt | 67 · 64 · 66 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| T9 | Scott Dunlap | 68 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T9 | John Huston | 67 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 68 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1972-09-14, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1995; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 35 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