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Sunday 27 February 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Carter wins Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Tucson National Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 February 2000 · Jim Carter’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3 million USD · Touchstone Energy
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/4°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/4°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/7°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Tom Scherrer USA · 271Third-round leader; bogeyed two of the first four holes, got within one with a birdie at the 10th, then bogeyed the 16th and closed with 72 AP: Carter gets first PGA win at Tuscon Open (CNNSI.com)
- Chris DiMarco USA · 271Closed with 66 and finished early, two behind AP: Carter gets first PGA win at Tuscon Open (CNNSI.com)
- Jean Van de Velde FRA · 271Played the last five holes without a birdie, finishing two behind AP: Carter gets first PGA win at Tuscon Open (CNNSI.com)
143 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Tucson National Golf Course, Tucson National Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Carter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
27 February 2000
And then you have to slap yourself around, because you can't think like that.
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
27 February 2000
I was talking to myself and just saying, 'You know that you won tournaments on this course before.' So I was just trying to put good, positive thoughts in my head,
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
27 February 2000
I didn't know who it would be, and it turned out to be Jim. That was a great round of golf he had today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Carter | 66 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Jean Van de Velde | 68 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Chris DiMarco | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Tom Scherrer | 65 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Rick Fehr | 69 · 71 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Steve Jones | 66 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Kirk Triplett | 67 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Steve Lowery | 64 · 72 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Woody Austin | 70 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Steve Flesch | 66 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1961-06-24, Spring Lake, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 157 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (T Energy Tucson Open, week 8 of 2000)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet