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Sunday 27 January 2002PGA TourYear in Review
DiMarco wins Phoenix Open
TPC of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 January 2002 · Chris DiMarco’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 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
10 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/4°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/0°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/2°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/8°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 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
- Kenny Perry USA · 268Missed an 18-inch birdie putt on the 13th after lagging his eagle putt; drove too far right on the drivable 17th, chunked his chip and three-putted from 30 feet for bogey; his birdie putt on 18 burned the right edge Golf Today: DiMarco holds on to claim win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
- Kaname Yokoo JPN · 268Closed with a 7-under 64 to finish at 268, one stroke behind Golf Today: DiMarco holds on to claim win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC of Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chris DiMarco
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today: DiMarco holds on to claim win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
27 January 2002
To be at the top, and then all of a sudden your world falls ... it makes you dig deep and learn a lot about yourself,
Golf Today: DiMarco holds on to claim win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
27 January 2002
I think he missed the ending.
Golf Today: DiMarco holds on to claim win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
27 January 2002
I don't know what you're supposed to do on that crazy hole, I was looking for the miracle shot, and it didn't happen.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris DiMarco | 68 · 64 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Kaname Yokoo | 70 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T2 | Kenny Perry | 69 · 65 · 64 · 70 | 268 | −16 |
| T4 | Lee Janzen | 74 · 67 · 64 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | John Daly | 68 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| 6 | Duffy Waldorf | 65 · 65 · 67 · 73 | 270 | −14 |
| 7 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 67 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Rod Pampling | 68 · 68 · 71 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | John Huston | 70 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Kevin Sutherland | 66 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Jeff Maggert | 70 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Brent Geiberger | 68 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Rory Sabbatini | 67 · 64 · 70 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-23, Huntington, New York; USA; turned pro 1990; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet