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Sunday 6 August 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins the International
Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 2000 · Ernie Els’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/15°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/13°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/11°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 28 · 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
- Phil Mickelson USA · 44began the final round 8 points behind; eagled the 17th but Els answered with birdies at 14, 16 and 17 to win by 4 points Golf Today: Els gains first PGA win of 2000 (unbylined round 4 report; Wayback copy)
143 started, 38 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The International
Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2000
I was trying to watch the scoreboard, but these damn scoreboards change so quickly, you take two steps and it is gone.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2000
So yeah, at times you doubt and you think, man, you know, what is going on; it was never this hard to win ever
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2000
You just give me no length credit.
Golf Today (unbylined report, Wayback copy)
6 August 2000
For once I didn't mess it up or I didn't finish second or there wasn't a better golfer in the field.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 15 · 19 · 6 · 8 | 48 | |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 10 · 8 · 14 · 12 | 44 | |
| 3 | Stuart Appleby | 14 · 14 · 2 · 11 | 41 | |
| 4 | Greg Norman | 12 · 14 · 6 · 6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Craig A. Spence | 6 · 10 · 6 · 10 | 32 | |
| T6 | Joe Ogilvie | 2 · 8 · 11 · 10 | 31 | |
| T6 | Glen Hnatiuk | 31 | ||
| 8 | Stephen Ames | 15 · 2 · 7 · 6 | 30 | |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | 3 · 8 · 9 · 9 | 29 | |
| T9 | Edward Fryatt | 2 · 12 · 14 · 1 | 29 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 2; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom (Golf Today report: "the world's second-ranked player")).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet