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Sunday 9 January 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 2000 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 16 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,900,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/21°C · wind 36 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/21°C · wind 46 km/h ENE, gusts 64 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 41 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/21°C · wind 38 km/h ENE, gusts 52 · 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 276Matched Woods's eagle on the 72nd to force a playoff after lipping out short birdie putts at 14 and 16, then left a 30-35-foot birdie putt short on the second extra hole after Woods holed his. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10 Jan 2000: 'Tiger's beat goes on' (Bill Kwon), 'Defending champ couldn't make run' (Paul Arnett), final-round leaders
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
9 January 2000
I think he's a legend in the making. You guys (the media) have helped, but he's backed it up with his golf game. He's 24. He's probably going to be bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2000
when you feel like you're playing better than the guy, and he still beats you, you know, you've got to ask yourself a question here and there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2000
I just trusted it, figured the grain would hold it up. It held it up, went right into the hole.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Bill Kwon, staff)
9 January 2000
I just made more putts at the right time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 71 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
| 3 | David Duval | 72 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 280 | −12 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 72 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 285 | −7 |
| T4 | Mike Weir | 76 · 73 · 69 · 67 | 285 | −7 |
| T6 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 74 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −5 |
| T6 | Carlos Franco | 78 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 287 | −5 |
| T8 | Brad Faxon | 72 · 76 · 68 · 73 | 289 | −3 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 73 · 77 · 67 · 72 | 289 | −3 |
| T8 | Glen Day | 74 · 75 · 69 · 71 | 289 | −3 |
| T8 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 75 · 76 · 65 · 73 | 289 | −3 |
| T8 | Paul Lawrie | 76 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 289 | −3 |
| T8 | Brent Geiberger | 73 · 73 · 67 · 76 | 289 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 16; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet