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Sunday 28 January 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Calcavecchia wins Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 January 2001 · Mark Calcavecchia’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Third round suspended Saturday and completed Sunday morning before the final round.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/6°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/2°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/5°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 16.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R410°/4°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 3.6 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
- Rocco Mediate USA · 264Climbed within four shots with a birdie at 14, but Calcavecchia birdied on top of him and then the next three holes to win by eight. Golf Today: Phoenix Open final report - Calcavecchia's record 256 (unbylined wire-style copy; Wayback copy of dead page)
132 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Calcavecchia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
28 January 2001
I know I'm streaky, but I'm not that good. Looking at the board when I was out on the green and seeing a red 28, it just looked crazy.
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
28 January 2001
I just kind of looked at her and said, 'I've got it,'
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
28 January 2001
There was no way we were going to beat him. I could have shot 63-64-64 the last three days and still lost the tournament. It's amazing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Calcavecchia | 65 · 60 · 64 · 67 | 256 | −28 |
| 2 | Rocco Mediate | 68 · 63 · 64 · 69 | 264 | −20 |
| 3 | Steve Lowery | 69 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| 4 | Scott Verplank | 64 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Chris DiMarco | 68 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T5 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 73 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Tom Lehman | 64 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | 71 · 62 · 72 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Fred Funk | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | David Toms | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Stewart Cink | 65 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | John Daly | 67 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-12, Laurel, Nebraska; USA; turned pro 1981; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 51 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet