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Sunday 26 May 2002PGA TourYear in Review

Furyk wins Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 May 2002 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD

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 32 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R124°/6°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R222°/14°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 48 · 10.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R324°/11°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 50 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R421°/8°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 36 · 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

105 started, 75 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Jim Furyk

274Total
−14To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Jim Furyk interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports)

I'm looking at the board saying, "Wow, I'm only three back." And there's a lot of golf to play. It kind of gets you excited.

Jim Furyk, quoted in Jim Furyk interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports), 26 May 2002. The report

Jim Furyk interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports)

At that point I know that the tournament, I've got a 2-shot lead, at least the tournament's kind of sitting in my hands

Jim Furyk, quoted in Jim Furyk interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports), 26 May 2002. The report

David Peoples interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports)

I didn't get through Q school, I got up there in the real world and tried to deal with a regular job. Made me realize how fortunate I am to be able to play golf

David Peoples, quoted in David Peoples interview, 2002-05-26 (ASAP Sports), 26 May 2002. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Jim Furyk71 · 70 · 68 · 65274−14
T2David Peoples69 · 74 · 65 · 68276−12
T2John Cook73 · 69 · 65 · 69276−12
T4David Duval75 · 69 · 67 · 66277−11
T4Harrison Frazar70 · 65 · 75 · 67277−11
T4Vijay Singh69 · 67 · 72 · 69277−11
T4Shigeki Maruyama74 · 66 · 67 · 70277−11
T4Bob Tway65 · 71 · 68 · 73277−11
T9Billy Andrade72 · 72 · 67 · 67278−10
T9Jerry Kelly71 · 71 · 68 · 68278−10
T9Phil Mickelson73 · 66 · 70 · 69278−10
T9Stewart Cink66 · 70 · 69 · 73278−10
The golfer

born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1992; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Memorial Tournament' (week 21/2002), OWGR player profile).

Source

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