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Sunday 23 April 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Sutton wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 April 2000 · Hal Sutton’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Chrysler
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/10°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/7°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 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
- Andrew Magee USA · 277Started three back, closed within one after Sutton bogeyed the 13th, then bogeyed the 15th after hooking his drive into the woods while Sutton holed a 10-foot birdie putt; finished three behind Golf Today: Sutton holds on to win second title a month
150 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
Forest Oaks Country Club, Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hal Sutton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2000
I think I've already won the hardest one there is to win, but you don't call it a major.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2000
Well, the second time around is a little sweeter, because I've experienced a lot of things now that I hadn't experienced at that time.
News & Record (Bill Hass, staff writer)
22 April 2000
I'll just play my game and stay in the present. If I can do that, I think I can come out on top.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 April 2000
If I had to do it over again, I'd walk back to 14 and start over and hit that wedge again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 67 · 64 · 72 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Andrew Magee | 70 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | 72 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Dudley Hart | 72 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Chris Perry | 71 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Doug Dunakey | 67 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Jonathan Kaye | 71 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Scott Verplank | 66 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Kenny Perry | 73 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Shigeki Maruyama | 71 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Omar Uresti | 67 · 72 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1958-04-28, Shreveport, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1981; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Gr Greensboro Chrysler, week 16 of 2000)).
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