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Sunday 25 June 2000PGA TourYear in Review

Begay wins FedEx St. Jude Classic

TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 June 2000 · Notah Begay III’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · FedEx

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 21 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R130°/21°C · wind 6 km/h W, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R232°/22°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R333°/24°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R433°/24°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 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

152 started, 85 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

FedEx St. Jude Classic

TPC at Southwind, TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Notah Begay III

271Total
−13To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III

Yes. That is the shot that got me out of Albuquerque.

Notah Begay III, quoted in ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III, 25 June 2000. The report

ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III

I came here to win this morning. To go out there and just -- I just played a great professional round today, one bogey, three birdies and hit the shots when I had to hit them

Notah Begay III, quoted in ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III, 25 June 2000. The report

ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Bob May

The shot Notah hit, that was just world-class. It is something like you see Mickelson hit. I mean, he didn't have much green to work with sloping away from him.

Bob May, quoted in ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Bob May, 25 June 2000. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Notah Begay III66 · 69 · 67 · 69271−13
T2Chris DiMarco66 · 68 · 69 · 69272−12
T2Bob May66 · 66 · 69 · 71272−12
T4Russ Cochran67 · 66 · 71 · 69273−11
T4Pete Jordan71 · 67 · 69 · 66273−11
T4Joe Ogilvie65 · 68 · 70 · 70273−11
T7Loren Roberts67 · 70 · 69 · 68274−10
T7Craig Parry70 · 65 · 69 · 70274−10
T7Tom Scherrer69 · 71 · 68 · 66274−10
T7Robert Damron71 · 64 · 71 · 68274−10
The golfer

born 1972-09-14, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1995; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 61 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'FedEx St. Jude Classic' (week 25/2000), OWGR player profile).

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