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Sunday 8 October 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Toms wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
Kingsmill Golf Club (River Course), Williamsburg, Virginia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 October 2000 · David Toms’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Michelob
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/19°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/9°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 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
- Mike Weir CAN · 271closed 64 to post 13 under, then lost the playoff on the first extra hole: drive rolled into the rough, approach short, missed a 10-foot par putt Golf Today: Toms beats Weir in playoff (AP; final round report, Wayback Machine copy)
148 started, 77 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
Kingsmill Golf Club (River Course), Kingsmill Golf Club (River Course), Williamsburg, Virginia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Toms
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 October 2000
I think I have their respect now, but for me, I just wanted to make sure that wasn't a fluke.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 October 2000
I had my old faithful putter that I won twice with last year, had it since 1991. It was stolen out of my courtesy car
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 October 2000
You can -- every spot except for where my ball was a good lie. But that is the way it goes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Toms | 68 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Mike Weir | 70 · 66 · 71 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| 3 | Frank Lickliter | 67 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 4 | Tom Scherrer | 71 · 64 · 72 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T5 | Mike Reid | 73 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Bradley Hughes | 68 · 63 · 72 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Sean Murphy | 66 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Scott Hoch | 70 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Michael Bradley | 68 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Chris Riley | 69 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1967-01-04, Monroe, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1989; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, week 40 2000)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet