Golf Network News
Sunday 19 August 2001Men’s majorsYear in Review
Toms wins PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 August 2001 · purse $5,200,000 · winner's share $936,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 7 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/22°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
149 started, 76 (cut at 141) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands), Duluth
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
The golfer
b. 1967-01-04, Monroe, Louisiana; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet