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Sunday 12 March 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Hart wins Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 March 2000 · Dudley Hart’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,900,000 USD · Honda
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/17°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/22°C · wind 27 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 3.9 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
- Kevin Wentworth USA · 270Closed with 65 and briefly led, but Hart birdied the last four holes to win by one Golf Today: Dudley Hart wins in exciting finish
- J.P. Hayes USA · 270Led after the second and third rounds but struggled to a closing 70, one behind Golf Today: Dudley Hart wins in exciting finish
145 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dudley Hart
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 March 2000
They got a little crazy last few holes and they sat out there at the awards ceremony, I could have done without some of the hooting and hollering because it got my juices flowing a little too much.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 March 2000
18, I hit good drive down the left side of the fairway and hit a wedge about, I don't know, foot and a half, wiggled that in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 March 2000
According to them, they said it was three seconds too long. Personally I think it is a huge gray area.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dudley Hart | 65 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Kevin Wentworth | 67 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | J.P. Hayes | 65 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Brian Gay | 65 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 6 | Jonathan Kaye | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Mark Calcavecchia | 66 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Rick Fehr | 66 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Hal Sutton | 67 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Carlos Franco | 65 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Robert Damron | 70 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-04, Rochester, New York; USA; turned pro 1990; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 39 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Honda Classic, week 10 of 2000)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet