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Sunday 7 January 2001PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Stricker wins WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Metropolitan Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wednesday 3 to Sunday 7 January 2001 · Steve Stricker’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Accenture · Played 3-7 January 2001 (local dates, Wikipedia); ESPN and OWGR list 4-7 January. 36-hole final on 7 January.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/16°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/13°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 45 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/18°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 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
- Pierre Fulke SWETwo down after 18 of the 36-hole final, he missed 4-foot birdie putts on the 6th and 12th holes of the second 18 and lost 2 and 1 when he failed to save par from a greenside bunker on the 35th hole. Golf Today: 26th reserve Stricker wins $1m jackpot (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
64 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Metropolitan Golf Club, Metropolitan Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Stricker
Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
7 January 2001
I just figured I would win a couple of matches and get ready for the West Coast
Golf Today (unbylined wire-style report)
7 January 2001
It's just beyond my expectations.
Golf Today (unbylined report, semi-final day)
6 January 2001
To beat Ernie is phenomenal whatever the scoring.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Stricker | ||
| 2 | Pierre Fulke | ||
| 3 | Toru Taniguchi | ||
| 4 | Ernie Els | ||
| T5 | Brad Faxon | ||
| T5 | Craig Stadler | ||
| T5 | Shigeki Maruyama | ||
| T5 | Nick O'Hern | ||
| T9 | Mark McNulty | ||
| T9 | Tom Lehman | ||
| T9 | Jean van de Velde | ||
| T9 | Dudley Hart | ||
| T9 | Michael Campbell | ||
| T9 | Andrew Coltart | ||
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | ||
| T9 | Justin Leonard |
The golfer
born 1967-02-23, Edgerton, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1990; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Golf Today/AP report says No. 90)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet