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Sunday 3 March 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins Genuity Championship
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Blue Monster course, Doral, Florida · Thursday 28 February to Sunday 3 March 2002 · Ernie Els’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,700,000 USD · Genuity
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/10°C · wind 24 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/19°C · wind 33 km/h E, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/22°C · wind 39 km/h SE, gusts 59 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/23°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 44 · 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 273Started eight behind, birdied the first three holes and was 6 under through 12, but missed a 40-foot eagle putt for a share of the lead at the 12th and made no birdie after it; closed with a 66 Golf Today: Els holds off Woods charge (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
, 83 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Genuity Championship
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster), Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Blue Monster course, Doral, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2002
I don't know what I would have said to him if I got on the tee. I don't know if I would have punched him or -- (laughs) kicked him in the knees or something
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2002
I guess that's why you have 8-shot leads, shoot level par and win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 March 2002
I was 6-under through 12 holes, and I came close.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 66 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Peter Lonard | 70 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Rich Beem | 69 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Ángel Cabrera | 72 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Nick Price | 69 · 69 · 75 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Steve Elkington | 67 · 71 · 74 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Craig Perks | 71 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 10 | Jesper Parnevik | 71 · 67 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 2; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet