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Sunday 19 May 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins MasterCard Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 May 2002 · Nick Price’s win no. 18 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,300,000 USD · MasterCard
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 29 km/h S, gusts 48 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 50 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/9°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 34 · 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
- David Toms USA · 272got to 9 under with a birdie at 13, then double-bogeyed the 15th after plugging in a bunker and blasting over the green; closed with a 66 Golf Today: Price gains first win for 4 years - MasterCard Colonial 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
- Kenny Perry USA · 272got to 9 under with a birdie at 12 but gave the stroke back at 14 after his first two shots found the rough; closed with a 67 Golf Today: Price gains first win for 4 years - MasterCard Colonial 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
124 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
MasterCard Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today: Price gains first win for 4 years - MasterCard Colonial 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
19 May 2002
It feels like it's been 10 years. I didn't think this day was going to come. That self-doubt has been cast away now.
Golf Today: Price gains first win for 4 years - MasterCard Colonial 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
19 May 2002
I had a chat with myself walking down No. 7. I said, 'I'm not going to make any more mistakes. That's it. I'm just going to make birdies and pars.' And I did. Sometimes you just reach deep down.
Golf Today: Price gains first win for 4 years - MasterCard Colonial 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
19 May 2002
I knew it was pretty much over with. It was the first bunker I've plugged all week and it was actually on a solid shot. It was just bad timing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 69 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | David Toms | 71 · 71 · 64 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T2 | Kenny Perry | 70 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| 4 | Dudley Hart | 73 · 65 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T5 | Davis Love III | 70 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T5 | Phil Tataurangi | 70 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| 7 | Tom Watson | 68 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 71 · 71 · 64 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Jonathan Byrd | 73 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Esteban Toledo | 67 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T8 | Steve Flesch | 68 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 45 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 3; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'MasterCard Colonial' (week 20/2002), OWGR player profile).
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