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Sunday 21 October 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Coceres wins National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney
Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia and Palm courses), Lake Buena Vista, Florida · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 October 2001 · José Coceres’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3.4 million USD · National Car Rental · final round: a downpour covered the 18th green with an inch of water and suspended play for 49 minutes before Cóceres finished
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/15°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/22°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 5.9 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
- Davis Love III USA · 266closed with 66 from the final group but wasted the back-nine par-5s (bunkered at the 10th and 14th); caught Cóceres at 19 under on the 8th, then bogeyed the 9th from the trees Golf Today: Coceres holds on for second PGA win, National Car Rental Golf Classic 2001 final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney
Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia and Palm courses), Walt Disney World Resort (Magnolia and Palm courses), Lake Buena Vista, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
José Coceres
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire report)
21 October 2001
I felt like I was a mouse and there was a whole bunch of cats behind me.
Golf Today (unbylined wire report)
21 October 2001
He did exactly what he had to do. He stayed patient, he stayed ahead and he never really got in trouble, never really made a mistake.
Golf Today (unbylined wire report)
21 October 2001
Everyone on the green, except for him, kind of perked up. It was exciting for just a minute.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Coceres | 68 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | 67 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | David Peoples | 69 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Jerry Smith | 66 · 66 · 73 · 63 | 268 | −20 |
| 5 | Steve Flesch | 73 · 65 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Danny Ellis | 67 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Skip Kendall | 68 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Scott McCarron | 65 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Jesper Parnevik | 71 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Craig Perks | 70 · 69 · 67 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | David Toms | 66 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1963-08-14, Chaco, Argentina; ARG; turned pro 1986; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 40 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet