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Sunday 9 September 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Verplank wins Bell Canadian Open
Royal Montreal Golf Club, Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 September 2001 · Scott Verplank’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,800,000 USD · Bell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 38 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).
- R124°/9°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 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
- Bob Estes USA · 269got within one stroke after Verplank's double bogey at the 16th, then shoved his drive right on the 18th and bogeyed it to finish three back CNNSI.com (AP): Verplank captures Canadian Open for 4th career win (Wayback Machine copy, dead page)
- Joey Sindelar USA · 269closed with a 65 to tie for second, three back; the finish secured his card for the next season CNNSI.com (AP): Verplank captures Canadian Open for 4th career win (Wayback Machine copy, dead page)
, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bell Canadian Open
Royal Montreal Golf Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Verplank
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com (Wayback copy)
9 September 2001
Not that it really matters to me, but maybe to everybody else it makes Curtis look a little smarter than he was.
AP via CNNSI.com (Wayback copy)
9 September 2001
There have been all kinds of ups and mainly downs. That was a thrill to win last year. This year is more of a relief.
AP via CNNSI.com (Wayback copy)
9 September 2001
I missed a lot of putts that could have made a difference, but I just missed too many fairways and too many greens.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Verplank | 70 · 63 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Joey Sindelar | 66 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Bob Estes | 69 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| 4 | John Daly | 66 · 74 · 64 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T5 | David Morland IV | 69 · 63 · 73 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T5 | Paul Gow | 67 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| T8 | Dudley Hart | 69 · 68 · 71 · 64 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Robert Allenby | 70 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | David Berganio Jr | 69 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | K.J. Choi | 67 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Michael Muehr | 65 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Matt Gogel | 65 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1964-07-09, Dallas, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1986; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet