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Sunday 27 August 2000PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 2000 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 23 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · NEC · Final round interrupted by a storm delay of nearly three hours; Woods finished in near darkness on Sunday evening rather than return Monday (AP).
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/14°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/17°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 12.8 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
- Phillip Price WAL · 270playing his first tournament in the United States, got within five strokes but bogeyed three of the last four holes for a 69 and a tie for second CNNSI.com (AP): Woods beats field, darkness for record NEC victory (Wayback Machine copy, dead page)
- Justin Leonard USA · 270closed with a 66 to tie for second, 11 strokes behind; his third runner-up finish of the year CNNSI.com (AP): Woods beats field, darkness for record NEC victory (Wayback Machine copy, dead page)
37 started, 37 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2000
I mean, I've won major championships, and he was not that excited. And I guess I finally got to his favorite number.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2000
Like I told my friends, I felt like I live in dog years. It feels like I've been out here a long time.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2000
Probably Justin Leonard, because I've just given him second place.
AP via CNNSI.com (Wayback copy)
27 August 2000
I could see the flag. I just couldn't see the shot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 64 · 61 · 67 · 67 | 259 | −21 |
| T2 | Justin Leonard | 66 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Phillip Price | 66 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 65 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Hal Sutton | 68 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
| 7 | Stewart Cink | 72 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Paul Azinger | 68 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Thomas Bjørn | 69 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | José María Olazábal | 67 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 23; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (WGC NEC Invitational, week 34, 2000)).
What’s in the bag
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