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Sunday 24 September 2000PGA TourYear in Review
Leonard wins Westin Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 September 2000 · Justin Leonard’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,600,000 USD · Westin
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Mark Wiebe USA · 266started two back and kept pace with five birdies, but bogeyed the 72nd while Leonard birdied it; lost by five Golf Today: Leonard coasts to five shot victory (Westin Texas Open 2000 final round report, Wayback Machine copy)
152 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Westin Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club (Resort Course), La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Leonard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
24 September 2000
This year and today, I was very determined not to let that happen. If I was going to get beaten, then somebody was going to have to beat me. But I wasn't going to beat myself.
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
24 September 2000
It was fun walking up 18 knowing I could get a 5 or 6 or whatever it took. It was a great end to the week
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
24 September 2000
Anytime I got any mojo going at all, he silenced me with a birdie
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | 64 · 68 · 65 · 64 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Mark Wiebe | 64 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | Blaine McCallister | 65 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| T3 | Jim Gallagher | 67 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| 5 | Frank Lickliter | 68 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Duffy Waldorf | 69 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Esteban Toledo | 68 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Len Mattiace | 65 · 67 · 73 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Dan Forsman | 69 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Corey Pavin | 66 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Loren Roberts | 64 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Brian Watts | 65 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Ben Bates | 67 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1972-06-15, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 1994; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 19 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, week 38 2000)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet