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Sunday 18 February 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Durant wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
La Quinta, California (four courses in the Coachella Valley) · Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 February 2001 · Joe Durant’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Chrysler · 90-hole (five-round) pro-am over four courses.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/6°C · wind 5 km/h W, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/7°C · wind 6 km/h W, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 7 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/12°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0.2 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
- Paul Stankowski USA · 328Closed with a 63 and cut Durant's lead to three with three straight birdies from the 14th, but Durant birdied 16 and 17 to win by four. Golf Today: Durant wins in record style (unbylined; Wayback copy of dead page)
129 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West Palmer Course, Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Indian Wells Country Club (Celebrity Course), La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, California (four courses in the Coachella Valley)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joe Durant
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 February 2001
I just didn't want to come back in here today and talk about how I blew a five-shot lead or whatever it was. That was definitely on my mind last night.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 February 2001
I guess as poor a salesman as I was, people figured they would just let it go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 February 2001
Actually, last night I was going through the golf course in my mind, and in my mind I shot 61, and, yeah.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Durant | 65 · 61 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 324 | −36 |
| 2 | Paul Stankowski | 67 · 64 · 65 · 69 · 63 | 328 | −32 |
| 3 | Mark Calcavecchia | 64 · 66 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 330 | −30 |
| T4 | Brad Faxon | 66 · 67 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 333 | −27 |
| T4 | Bob Tway | 68 · 62 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 333 | −27 |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | 66 · 68 · 70 · 62 · 67 | 333 | −27 |
| T7 | Frank Lickliter II | 70 · 66 · 64 · 68 · 66 | 334 | −26 |
| T7 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 64 · 68 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 334 | −26 |
| T9 | Billy Mayfair | 71 · 62 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 335 | −25 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 64 · 67 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 335 | −25 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-07, Pensacola, Florida; USA; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 191 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet