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Sunday 28 July 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Hayes wins John Deere Classic
TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 July 2002 · J.P. Hayes’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · John Deere
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/20°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/23°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/21°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 54 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 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
- Robert Gamez USA · 266began the final round tied with Hayes at 18 under, bogeyed the 2nd to fall three behind and closed with a 71, four back Golf Today: Hayes coasts to 4 shot victory (round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
John Deere Classic
TPC at Deere Run, TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
J.P. Hayes
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 July 2002
I probably wanted this one more just because I didn't win the first one. I didn't know what I was getting into and it just kind of happened.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 July 2002
I look at him and he doesn't care what I shoot. You hear that from everybody, but he doesn't. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 July 2002
JP played great for two days. He played a lot better than I did. It was nice to see somebody play well and win instead of me playing poorly and losing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.P. Hayes | 67 · 61 · 67 · 67 | 262 | −22 |
| 2 | Robert Gamez | 65 · 64 · 66 · 71 | 266 | −18 |
| 3 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 67 · 66 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| 4 | Pat Perez | 68 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Chris Riley | 69 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Briny Baird | 67 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Mike Heinen | 63 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | J.L. Lewis | 67 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Peter Jacobsen | 66 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T10 | Andrew Magee | 70 · 67 · 70 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Notah Begay III | 69 · 65 · 72 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Paul Goydos | 69 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | John Rollins | 69 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | David Gossett | 65 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1965-08-02, Appleton, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1989; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 183 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet