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Sunday 31 March 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Singh wins Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 March 2002 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Shell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Darren Clarke NIR · 272Hit his tee shot out of bounds at the 13th but saved par, then bogeyed the 17th to fall six behind; closed with a 71 Golf Today: Singh coasts to 6 shot victory (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
31 March 2002
It's been almost two years, I was wondering when the next one would come. It couldn't be at a better time, two weeks before the Masters.
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
31 March 2002
Darren really played well. It was closer than it looked. He really didn't make a bad shot until his bogey on No. 17.
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
31 March 2002
You always get antsy when you don't win, it's just a matter of how you handle it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Darren Clarke | 69 · 65 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | José María Olazábal | 71 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Jay Haas | 67 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Shigeki Maruyama | 68 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 71 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Justin Leonard | 70 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 72 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Brandt Jobe | 70 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Jim Carter | 65 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | J.P. Hayes | 67 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 2; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet