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Monday 15 January 2001PGA TourYear in Review
Willis wins Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 11 to Monday 15 January 2001 · Garrett Willis’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Touchstone Energy · Monday finish: snow and rain on Friday forced a one-day postponement of the second round. Alternate event (same week as the Mercedes Championships).
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/5°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R211°/3°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 46 · 10.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/3°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/1°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 14 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R514°/2°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0.2 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
- Kevin Sutherland USA · 274Birdied the 16th to reach 14 under and closed with 68, but Willis two-putted from 55 feet on the 18th, holing a 6-footer for par, to win by one. Golf Today: Tucson Open final report - rookie Willis wins (unbylined wire-style copy; Wayback copy of dead page)
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Garrett Willis
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
15 January 2001
Here I am, a month out of Q (qualifying) School, and I went there not knowing where I was going to be playing this year, and now I'm a PGA (Tour) winner
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
15 January 2001
all of a sudden my caddie is hugging me, and I'm like, 'Where am I? What's happening? Is this Oz?'
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
15 January 2001
It's going to take the National Guard to get me off this tour
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Willis | 71 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Kevin Sutherland | 67 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Geoff Ogilvy | 67 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Bob Tway | 73 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Greg Kraft | 74 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Cliff Kresge | 72 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Mark Wiebe | 69 · 67 · 66 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | K.J. Choi | 70 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Steve Flesch | 72 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Harrison Frazar | 68 · 73 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Mark Hensby | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Jeff Maggert | 70 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Rich Beem | 70 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1973-11-21, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 746 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet