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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).

  1. R132°/23°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R233°/22°C · wind 33 km/h SSW, gusts 57 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R327°/16°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. 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

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

269Total
−11To par
playoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik

I just wanted to tap it in and it missed and I thought, "Wow".

Jesper Parnevik, quoted in ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik, 14 May 2000. The report

ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik

But he's such a great guy and he's such a great player, he should win one of these.

Jesper Parnevik, quoted in ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Jesper Parnevik, 14 May 2000. The report

ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Phil Mickelson

I think, though, that, you know, I lost the tournament on not the playoff hole, but on the 18th in regulation.

Phil Mickelson, quoted in ASAP Sports: GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, May 14, 2000 - Phil Mickelson, 14 May 2000. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Jesper Parnevik70 · 65 · 68 · 66269−11
T2Phil Mickelson73 · 63 · 68 · 65269−11
T2Davis Love III66 · 63 · 71 · 69269−11
T4John Huston68 · 65 · 67 · 70270−10
T4Tiger Woods73 · 67 · 67 · 63270−10
6Bob Estes69 · 68 · 68 · 66271−9
T7Mark Brooks69 · 66 · 70 · 67272−8
T7Brandel Chamblee72 · 65 · 71 · 64272−8
9Jerry Smith68 · 68 · 70 · 67273−7
T10Tommy Armour III70 · 66 · 72 · 66274−6
T10Scott Dunlap73 · 65 · 70 · 66274−6
T10Paul Stankowski72 · 67 · 66 · 69274−6
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).

Source

What’s in the bag

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