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Sunday 11 March 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Parnevik wins Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 March 2001 · Jesper Parnevik’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,200,000 USD · Honda
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 0.6 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
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 271One behind on the 18th tee; his approach ran to the edge of the fringe about 60 feet away, his birdie putt came up seven feet short and he pushed the par putt that would have forced a playoff Golf Today: Parnevik holds on for 5th PGA Tour win
- Geoff Ogilvy AUS · 271Led alone after a birdie at the 11th, then bogeyed the 15th and lipped out a nine-foot par putt at the 18th Golf Today: Parnevik holds on for 5th PGA Tour win
- Craig Perks NZL · 271Closed with 66 to tie for second Golf Today: Honda Classic final day results
144 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jesper Parnevik
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 March 2001
And then I don't know what happened. It was like I put the hand brakes on.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 March 2001
I think it is more relief than real happiness. You never want to win that way. I would rather -- I would have liked to have knocked mine in and get it over with.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 March 2001
I'm not going to say Jesper didn't deserve to win, but I certainly look at it as I kind of blew it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 March 2001
Yeah, I hit two perfect shots and made a bogey. I'm still in a state of shock.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper Parnevik | 65 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Craig Perks | 67 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Geoff Ogilvy | 65 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Joe Durant | 67 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Joel Edwards | 69 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 72 · 67 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Kaname Yokoo | 71 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Steve Flesch | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 68 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1965-03-07, Botkyrka, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1986; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Honda Classic, week 10 of 2001)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet