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Sunday 4 June 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Scherrer wins Kemper Insurance Open
TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 June 2000 · Tom Scherrer’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Kemper Insurance
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/15°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/20°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 31 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/13°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 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
- Steve Lowery USA · 273led or co-led after each of the first three rounds; bogeyed the 15th from a bunker and hit his tee shot into the water at the par-3 17th, closing with a 71 Golf Today: Scherrer gains first PGA Tour win - Kemper Open 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Justin Leonard USA · 273held the lead alone at 12 under after a birdie at the 11th but double-bogeyed the 12th; closed with a 69 Golf Today: Scherrer gains first PGA Tour win - Kemper Open 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Greg Chalmers AUS · 273birdied four of the first five holes to lead at 12 under, then hit his tee shot into the water at the par-3 ninth; closed with a 68 Golf Today: Scherrer gains first PGA Tour win - Kemper Open 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Kazuhiko Hosokawa JPN · 273started five strokes back, came home in 31 with a closing 66 and just missed a 15-foot birdie putt at the 17th that would have tied for the lead Golf Today: Scherrer gains first PGA Tour win - Kemper Open 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
- Franklin Langham USA · 273closed with a 70 to tie for second Golf Today: Scherrer gains first PGA Tour win - Kemper Open 2000 (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
153 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Kemper Insurance Open
TPC at Avenel, TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Scherrer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports: Kemper Insurance Open, June 4, 2000 - Tom Scherrer
4 June 2000
He said, "If you use this ball mark, you'll win the tournament." "All right, all right. I'll try it." Sure enough, the first day I played pretty well. I'm going to have that ball mark for a long time.
ASAP Sports: Kemper Insurance Open, June 4, 2000 - Tom Scherrer
4 June 2000
I said, "That's one of the better looking ones in there." So here I am a few months later and I've got it.
ASAP Sports: Kemper Insurance Open, June 4, 2000 - Steve Lowery
4 June 2000
It's a fine line between winning and not winning when you're right there that close.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Scherrer | 67 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Steve Lowery | 64 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 73 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Franklin Langham | 70 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Justin Leonard | 65 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | 65 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | David Peoples | 71 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 73 · 64 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Tim Herron | 66 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Bill Glasson | 68 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T10 | Donnie Hammond | 67 · 66 · 74 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T10 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1970-07-20, Syracuse, New York, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1992; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 170 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Kemper Open' (week 22/2000), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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