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Sunday 13 January 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Kelly wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 January 2002 · Jerry Kelly’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Sony
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/22°C · wind 35 km/h NE, gusts 51 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/22°C · wind 34 km/h E, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/22°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/23°C · wind 29 km/h E, gusts 42 · 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
- John Cook USA · 267Closed within one with a birdie on the 12th, then a spectator's cell phone rang during his downswing on the par-3 17th; he bunkered his tee shot, bogeyed and finished one behind after a closing 69 Golf Today: Jerry Kelly claims first PGA Tour win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jerry Kelly
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Kelly achieves 'classic finish' (Ferd Lewis, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2002-01-14)
13 January 2002
I've been in this situation a decent amount of times. I felt like I was in it more (often) than I was, but I really felt confident. I wanted to go play as soon as I woke up.
Kelly makes breakthrough in Sony Open and PGA (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2002-01-14)
13 January 2002
That was a lifetime of putts right there. The one on 15 was the biggest putt I've had in my life.
Cell phone call makes stroke of a difference (Advertiser Staff, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2002-01-14)
13 January 2002
Not even Tiger (Woods) could have saved that one. It could have been anywhere in the golf swing but where it was.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Kelly | 66 · 65 · 65 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | John Cook | 66 · 62 · 70 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| 3 | Jay Don Blake | 69 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Charles Howell III | 72 · 62 · 66 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | David Toms | 68 · 67 · 63 · 72 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | David Peoples | 72 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Tommy Armour III | 68 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Joel Edwards | 70 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | K.J. Choi | 68 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Stephen Ames | 67 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 66 · 64 · 72 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1966-11-23, Madison, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1989; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 81 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet