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Sunday 3 June 2001PGA TourYear in Review

Woods wins Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3 June 2001 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 28 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,100,000 USD

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 42 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R118°/7°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R220°/12°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 15.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R318°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 59 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R416°/10°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 41 · 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

105 started, 70 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Tiger Woods

271Total
−17To par
7 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)

Well, he's 6'6. He's not small. I'm six-foot and chase a little white ball around for a living.

Tiger Woods, quoted in Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports), 3 June 2001. The report

Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)

It is lift, clean and cheating, but it is really nice when you have a ball in hand under these conditions.

Tiger Woods, quoted in Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports), 3 June 2001. The report

Paul Azinger interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)

I even apologized to him, because I think at this point, he looks so bored, almost. I mean, I just said, hey, I'm sorry I didn't give you a better game.

Paul Azinger, quoted in Paul Azinger interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports), 3 June 2001. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Tiger Woods68 · 69 · 68 · 66271−17
T2Sergio Garcia68 · 69 · 70 · 71278−10
T2Paul Azinger68 · 67 · 69 · 74278−10
4Stewart Cink72 · 69 · 67 · 71279−9
T5Toru Taniguchi68 · 74 · 69 · 69280−8
T5Vijay Singh70 · 66 · 73 · 71280−8
T7Kenny Perry72 · 69 · 71 · 69281−7
T7Robert Allenby69 · 69 · 70 · 73281−7
T7Stuart Appleby67 · 71 · 69 · 74281−7
10Scott Hoch70 · 69 · 69 · 74282−6
The golfer

born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 28; majors to date: 6; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Memorial Tournament' (week 22/2001), OWGR player profile).

Source

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