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Sunday 10 March 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Kuchar wins the Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 March 2002 · Matt Kuchar’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Honda
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Joey Sindelar USA · 271Led by four before Kuchar's four straight back-nine birdies, then made his first bogey of the tournament on the 71st hole and closed with a 70 Golf Today: Kuchar gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
- Brad Faxon USA · 271Closed with a 67 to tie for second, two strokes behind Golf Today: Kuchar gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Kuchar
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2002
I'm a 23-year-old kid, hardly just two years out of school, and now here I am, Champion of the Honda Classic.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2002
I had to triple-check that I shot 5-under on the back side. I didn't even know that I went that low on the back.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2002
I'm nowhere near the position in my career where I'm going to pout about second place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 65 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Joey Sindelar | 68 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Billy Andrade | 68 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | J.L. Lewis | 68 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Brett Quigley | 70 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 7 | Rod Pampling | 67 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Peter Jacobsen | 71 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | John Riegger | 63 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Brett Wetterich | 68 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1978-06-21, Winter Park, Florida; USA; turned pro 2000; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 149 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet