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Sunday 26 August 2001PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 2001 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 29 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · NEC · Final-round tee times moved up five hours to avoid approaching storms (AP).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 14.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/20°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 14.8 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 268led by two entering the final round, closed with a 71 to tie at 268, then lost the sudden-death playoff on the seventh extra hole after missing three birdie chances of about 12 feet CNNSI.com (AP): Woods wins NEC Invitational on seventh playoff hole, with playoff log and final-round scores (Wayback Machine copy, dead page)
39 started, 37 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2001
I was telling Stevie today, it was a war out there, because neither one of us were going to give an inch.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2001
You know, Stevie and I, every single one of them said, "It's over" because he's such a great putter.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 August 2001
My putter kind of failed me today and I was having problems with left-to-right putts.
AP via CNNSI.com (Wayback copy)
26 August 2001
Now I understand why most of the golfers are gray and balding
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 65 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| 3 | Darren Clarke | 66 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 66 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| T5 | Davis Love III | 68 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T5 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T5 | Paul Azinger | 67 · 70 · 65 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | 67 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | 67 · 66 · 70 · 72 | 275 | −5 |
| 10 | Retief Goosen | 72 · 69 · 64 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 29; majors to date: 6; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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