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Sunday 19 November 2000European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Johnnie Walker Classic
Alpine Golf & Sports Club, Bangkok, Thailand (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 November 2000 · Johnnie Walker · Played in November 2000 as the opening event of the 2001 European Tour season (season page: regular season 16 Nov 2000 - 11 Nov 2001).
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Geoff Ogilvy AUS · 266Closed with a 64, with birdies at 10, 11, 13 and 14 briefly cutting the gap to two, but Woods, a group behind, birdied 14, 16 and 17 to stay clear; runner-up for the second straight year. Classic show from Tiger - RTÉ Sport
131 started, 81 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
Alpine Golf & Sports Club, Alpine Golf & Sports Club, Bangkok, Thailand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
19 November 2000
It's always special to win in Thailand because it's my mother's home country and part of my culture and heritage.
Golftoday
19 November 2000
I went out there with the intention of shooting 65 because if I did Michael Campbell would have to shoot 62 and that is what I did almost exactly to the plan.
Golftoday
19 November 2000
The golf course was playing on the short side because it was so hot - it's not often I have a three-quarter wedge from 150 yards - and all the players took advantage of that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 65 · 65 · 65 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Geoff Ogilvy | 68 · 67 · 67 · 64 | 266 | |
| 3 | Michael Campbell | 71 · 67 · 63 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Paul Lawrie | 67 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Rod Pampling | 68 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Jesper Parnevik | 72 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 276 | |
| T6 | Wayne Smith | 65 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 276 | |
| 8 | Anthony Painter | 71 · 68 · 73 · 65 | 277 | |
| T9 | Nick O'Hern | 69 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 279 | |
| T9 | Zhang Lianwei | 72 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 279 | |
| T9 | David Podlich | 69 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, United States; USA; turned pro 1996; age 24 that week; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore 1 (week 46, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; RTÉ and Golftoday call him world number one; age 24 stated by RTÉ ('the 24-year-old') and matches born 1975-12-30 (Wikipedia); tour_wins_to_date null: non-member '(n/a)' on the Wikipedia season page; majors_to_date 5 = Wikipedia major championships table (1997 Masters, 1999 PGA, 2000 U.S. Open, Open, PGA)).
What’s in the bag
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