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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).
- R118°/7°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/12°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 15.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 59 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Paul Azinger USA · 278third-round leader by one; hit his approach into the water at the par-five fifth for a bogey as Woods eagled (a three-shot swing), then bogeyed the sixth, 11th and 14th; closed with a 74 and missed a birdie putt at the last that would have given him second alone Golf Today: Woods wins third Memorial title - Memorial Tournament 2001 (unbylined; Wayback Machine)
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 278bogeyed the fifth and sixth, recovered with birdies at seven and eight and closed with a 71, seven behind Golf Today: Woods wins third Memorial title - Memorial Tournament 2001 (unbylined; Wayback Machine)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2001
Well, he's 6'6. He's not small. I'm six-foot and chase a little white ball around for a living.
Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2001
It is lift, clean and cheating, but it is really nice when you have a ball in hand under these conditions.
Paul Azinger interview, 2001-06-03 (ASAP Sports)
3 June 2001
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.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Paul Azinger | 68 · 67 · 69 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | Stewart Cink | 72 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Toru Taniguchi | 68 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 66 · 73 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Kenny Perry | 72 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 67 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| 10 | Scott Hoch | 70 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −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).
What’s in the bag
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