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Sunday 18 March 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Bay Hill Invitational
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill, Florida · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 March 2001 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 25 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
11 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/19°C · wind 29 km/h SSW, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/20°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 9 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 · 274Started four behind and shot a bogey-free 66 to lead outright after a birdie at 16, but laid up at the 18th after a poor drive and saved par; Woods birdied the 72nd hole to win by one Golf Today: Tiger Woods gains first win of 2001; ASAP Sports transcript: Phil Mickelson
122 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bay Hill Invitational
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 March 2001
Well, it's like I said out there: It was ugly. That's all I can say about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 March 2001
That's one of the reasons why we all love to play it because there are days when you go out there and you play great. Other days, you play great and you score like a dog.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 March 2001
I heard I smoked somebody over there and some lady pick it up, but they said she dropped it right back where it was.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 March 2001
Well, I actually caught him and passed him and he just came out in the and he passed me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Grant Waite | 66 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Greg Norman | 69 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Steve Lowery | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | 71 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Dennis Paulson | 66 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Jeff Sluman | 67 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Scott Hoch | 68 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Paul Goydos | 68 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Lee Janzen | 67 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Chris Perry | 71 · 66 · 69 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 25; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Bay Hill Invitational, week 11 of 2001)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet