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Sunday 17 February 2002PGA TourYear in Review

Mattiace wins Nissan Open

Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 February 2002 · Len Mattiace’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,700,000 USD · Nissan

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

10 h 50 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R118°/11°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R218°/11°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R316°/10°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R414°/9°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 5.3 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

, 80 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

PGA Tour event

Nissan Open

Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Len Mattiace

269Total
−15To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)

Sometimes it feels like it's a long way away, Other times, you feel like you can smell it, touch it.

Len Mattiace, quoted in Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report), 17 February 2002. The report

Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)

I didn't force anything, Some pins were difficult. You either hit a great shot or you make bogey. I didn't want to do that. I just wanted to be right there and see what happens.

Len Mattiace, quoted in Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report), 17 February 2002. The report

Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)

That was my tournament to win.

Scott McCarron, quoted in Golf Today: Mattiace clinches first PGA tour title (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report), 17 February 2002. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Len Mattiace69 · 65 · 67 · 68269−15
T2Rory Sabbatini69 · 68 · 65 · 68270−14
T2Brad Faxon67 · 67 · 68 · 68270−14
T2Scott McCarron69 · 65 · 65 · 71270−14
5Toru Taniguchi66 · 67 · 67 · 71271−13
T6Per-Ulrik Johansson70 · 68 · 68 · 66272−12
T6Chris DiMarco68 · 70 · 66 · 68272−12
T6Charles Howell III68 · 71 · 64 · 69272−12
T9Fred Couples72 · 68 · 68 · 66274−10
T9José María Olazábal66 · 71 · 70 · 67274−10
T9Brian Gay71 · 67 · 68 · 68274−10
T9Fred Funk69 · 68 · 69 · 68274−10
The golfer

born 1967-10-15, Mineola, New York; USA; turned pro 1990; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 158 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet