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Sunday 22 April 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Sutton wins Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 April 2001 · Hal Sutton’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,400,000 USD · Shell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/19°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/22°C · wind 29 km/h SSE, gusts 66 · 0.4 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
- Joe Durant USA · 281Led by two after 54 holes but closed with 74; his six-iron at the par-three 16th hung up in the wind and he bogeyed, after missing a seven-foot birdie chance at 15 Golf Today: Hal Sutton wins by three
- Lee Janzen USA · 281Started one behind; birdied 13, 15 and 17 late but bogeyed the 18th for a second straight 73 Golf Today: Hal Sutton wins by three
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hal Sutton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report)
22 April 2001
This is probably one I wanted more than anything. I felt like I'd been close here several times...been so close but yet so far it seemed like.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
22 April 2001
I was standing there looking at it and thinking, `Man, this might be a foot'. That's how good it looked. And then the wind just quit and it just fell out of the sky.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
22 April 2001
Whoever was in charge of the wind this week did the best job, I think. They had that control turned up to max most of the time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 70 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Lee Janzen | 67 · 68 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Joe Durant | 67 · 69 · 71 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | John Cook | 69 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Justin Leonard | 71 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Len Mattiace | 72 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Billy Mayfair | 70 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Vijay Singh | 73 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | David Toms | 73 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Ben Ferguson | 72 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Chris DiMarco | 69 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 69 · 69 · 72 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1958-04-28, Shreveport, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1981; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 1; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Shell Houston Open, week 16 of 2001)).
What’s in the bag
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