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Sunday 14 May 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Parnevik wins GTE Byron Nelson Classic
Four Seasons Resort and Club, Las Colinas, Irving, Texas · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2000 · Jesper Parnevik’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · GTE
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/23°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/22°C · wind 33 km/h SSW, gusts 57 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/12°C · wind 16 km/h E, 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
- Davis Love III USA · 269missed an 8-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole, then lost the three-man playoff on the third extra hole (18th) when he missed a 5-foot par putt Golf Today: Parnevik beats Love & Mickelson in playoff - GTE Byron Nelson Classic 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Phil Mickelson USA · 269led by one but bogeyed the 72nd hole from a plugged lie in the greenside bunker; eliminated at the second playoff hole (17th) when his 15-foot birdie putt lipped out Golf Today: Parnevik beats Love & Mickelson in playoff - GTE Byron Nelson Classic 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
150 started, 84 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
GTE Byron Nelson Classic
Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas (Tournament Players Course and Cottonwood Valley Course), Four Seasons Resort and Club, Las Colinas, Irving, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jesper Parnevik
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik
14 May 2000
I just wanted to tap it in and it missed and I thought, "Wow".
ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik
14 May 2000
But he's such a great guy and he's such a great player, he should win one of these.
ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Phil Mickelson
14 May 2000
I think, though, that, you know, I lost the tournament on not the playoff hole, but on the 18th in regulation.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper Parnevik | 70 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 73 · 63 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Davis Love III | 66 · 63 · 71 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | John Huston | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 73 · 67 · 67 · 63 | 270 | −10 |
| 6 | Bob Estes | 69 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Mark Brooks | 69 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Brandel Chamblee | 72 · 65 · 71 · 64 | 272 | −8 |
| 9 | Jerry Smith | 68 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Tommy Armour III | 70 · 66 · 72 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Scott Dunlap | 73 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Paul Stankowski | 72 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1965-03-07, Botkyrka, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1986; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'GTE Byron Nelson Cl.' (week 19/2000), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet