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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).
- R130°/21°C · wind 6 km/h W, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/24°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Bob May USA · 272led after the second and third rounds; bogeyed the 12th and 14th, closed with a 71 and pushed an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff Golf Today: Notah Begay claims third tour title - Fed Ex St Judes Classic 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Chris DiMarco USA · 272closed with a 69 and just missed a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th, a group ahead of the leaders Golf Today: Notah Begay claims third tour title - Fed Ex St Judes Classic 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III
25 June 2000
Yes. That is the shot that got me out of Albuquerque.
ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Notah Begay III
25 June 2000
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
ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 25, 2000 - Bob May
25 June 2000
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.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notah Begay III | 66 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Chris DiMarco | 66 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Bob May | 66 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Russ Cochran | 67 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Pete Jordan | 71 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Joe Ogilvie | 65 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 67 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Craig Parry | 70 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Tom Scherrer | 69 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Robert Damron | 71 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −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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