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Sunday 17 March 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March 2002 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 30 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Cooper Tires
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/12°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/15°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 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
- Michael Campbell NZL · 279Started two shots behind but could not make enough birdies to threaten Woods; holed a 42-foot chip at the 18th for a closing 71 and his best PGA Tour finish Woods makes history with Bay Hill three-peat (Associated Press, via ESPN.com, 2002-03-18)
, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2002
I absolutely pured a tee shot the next hole, held a high draw back up against the wind, a shot that I have not been able to hit for the last day and a half.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2002
I don't know what it is, I just get over here, I'm in awe of all of the players over here.
Associated Press (via ESPN.com)
17 March 2002
I'm not going to use this as a negative. I played some good golf today, and just didn't finish it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 65 · 74 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Michael Campbell | 72 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Rocco Mediate | 69 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | John Huston | 67 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Len Mattiace | 73 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Harrison Frazar | 69 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | José María Olazábal | 71 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Scott Hoch | 71 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Ángel Cabrera | 67 · 70 · 72 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Ernie Els | 70 · 67 · 72 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Pat Perez | 70 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 30; majors to date: 6; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet