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Monday 26 March 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 22 to Monday 26 March 2001 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 26 on the PGA Tour · purse $6.0 million USD · weather: completed Monday March 26; Woods, in the final pairing with 54-hole leader Jerry Kelly, played the final nine holes on Monday
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/11°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 39 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/9°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 275Pulled his drive into the water at the 14th for a triple bogey, then eagled 16 and birdied 17 to get within one, but parred the 18th ASAP Sports interview transcript: Vijay Singh, 2001-03-26
142 started · cut +3, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2001
Now I've won two tournaments in a row, and I'm sure they will write about something else.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2001
Yeah, I did. But looking at the trophies that I have on my mantle, three are lined up. Put another one on there, it looks pretty good.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2001
One bad swing. I think that's all it took today for me. I was playing pretty good. I was feeling really comfortable out there; but, you know, one bad hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | 73 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 4 | Jerry Kelly | 69 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Hal Sutton | 72 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 68 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Frank Lickliter II | 72 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 66 · 70 · 74 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 67 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Nick Price | 70 · 74 · 71 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Joe Durant | 73 · 73 · 67 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 26; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (The Players Championship, week 12 of 2001)).
What’s in the bag
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