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Sunday 16 January 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Azinger wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 January 2000 · Paul Azinger’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,900,000 USD · Sony
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/22°C · wind 32 km/h ENE, gusts 46 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/22°C · wind 37 km/h ENE, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/21°C · wind 46 km/h ENE, gusts 66 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/21°C · wind 44 km/h ENE, gusts 63 · 0.2 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
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 268Closed within three strokes after nine holes but made a double-bogey 6 on a blustery day and finished seven behind despite an eagle on the 72nd for a 67. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 17 Jan 2000: 'Finally, it's Azinger' (Bill Kwon), 'Appleby knows the kind of pain Azinger has been through' (Paul Arnett) and notebook
136 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Azinger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
16 January 2000
I had no doubt I was never going to win again, I was playing so bad. Winning was not an option. I just didn't see it coming back.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Bill Kwon, staff)
16 January 2000
I don't wear those glasses anymore, but I'm still pretty happy.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Bill Kwon, staff)
16 January 2000
If anybody needed to win more than me, it was him.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Paul Arnett, staff)
16 January 2000
I remember one of the first guys I met on Tour was Paul. He came up to me during the Hope and congratulated me for what I did on the Nike Tour. I've never forgotten that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Azinger | 63 · 65 · 68 · 65 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T3 | John Huston | 66 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Jesper Parnevik | 70 · 65 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| 5 | Ernie Els | 67 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Tom Lehman | 68 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Scott Dunlap | 68 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Sean Murphy | 68 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Jeff Maggert | 69 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Carlos Franco | 68 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Bob Burns | 70 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Shigeki Maruyama | 67 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Jerry Kelly | 67 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1960-01-06, Holyoke, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1981; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 1; world No. 71 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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