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Sunday 18 August 2002PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Beem wins PGA Championship
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 August 2002 · Rich Beem’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · 84th PGA Championship
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/13°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 51 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 31 km/h W, gusts 76 · 16.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/8°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Tiger Woods USA · 279Birdied each of the last four holes for a closing 67 to post 9 under in the clubhouse, but Beem, a group behind, holed a 35-foot birdie putt at the 16th to stay two clear and could afford a bogey at the 18th 2002 PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +4, 71 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tiger Woods
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2002
When I sat up here yesterday, I didn't know if I had what it took to win it. Obviously, I found out today that I do, and I'm actually still surprised at myself for it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2002
I'm going to keep that card forever, just as a reminder it could always be worse, you could be working at Magnolia Hi -Fi, trying to get a one dollar spiff on a one dollar cell phone.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 August 2002
I gave it absolutely everything I have. You know that's the way I play each and every time I tee it up, and this was no exception.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Beem | 72 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Chris Riley | 71 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Fred Funk | 68 · 70 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Justin Leonard | 72 · 66 · 69 · 77 | 284 | −4 |
| 6 | Rocco Mediate | 72 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| 7 | Mark Calcavecchia | 70 · 68 · 74 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| 8 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 74 · 74 · 68 | 287 | −1 |
| 9 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 73 · 76 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Pierre Fulke | 72 · 68 · 78 · 71 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | 75 · 73 · 73 · 68 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Steve Lowery | 71 · 71 · 73 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Robert Allenby | 76 · 66 · 77 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 74 · 74 · 72 · 69 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | José Coceres | 72 · 71 · 72 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 74 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 289 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1970-08-24, Phoenix, Arizona; USA; turned pro 1994; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 73 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, PGA CHAMPIONSHIP 2002)).
What’s in the bag
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