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Monday 25 June 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York · Thursday 21 to Monday 25 June 2001 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Buick · rain: heavy rain washed out Saturday's play; final round completed Monday, June 25
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/19°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 8.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/19°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 45 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 50 · 20.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/19°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0 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
- Scott Hoch USA · 271two behind entering Monday's final round, drew level with birdies at the fourth and fifth, but Garcia regained the lead at the seventh and pulled two clear at the 13th; closed with a 68 to finish alone in second, three back Golf Today: Buick Classic 2001 final-round report (unbylined; Wayback Machine)
156 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sergio Garcia interview, 2001-06-25 (ASAP Sports)
25 June 2001
I think that everybody who said that my swing was bad and I had to change it, I think is going to have to eat all those words that they said.
Sergio Garcia interview, 2001-06-25 (ASAP Sports)
25 June 2001
I still have probably, I don't know, 80 majors to come or something like that, so I am going to have a lot of chances in those majors.
Scott Hoch interview, 2001-06-25 (ASAP Sports)
25 June 2001
I mean, enough with calling "Sergio" already. I don't think I ever heard so much Spanish in my life out there from the crowd.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Scott Hoch | 67 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Billy Andrade | 70 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | 65 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T3 | J.P. Hayes | 68 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 69 · 72 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 68 · 74 · 64 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Russ Cochran | 71 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| 10 | Jay Williamson | 70 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Buick Classic' (week 25/2001), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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