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Sunday 24 February 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Leggatt wins Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 February 2002 · Ian Leggatt’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Touchstone Energy
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/6°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/9°C · wind 23 km/h E, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/8°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/11°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 37 · 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
- Loren Roberts USA · 270Made four straight birdies to get within a shot and shared the lead after Leggatt's bogey at 13, but missed four makable putts in the last six holes and made a late bogey; closed with a 66 Golf Today: Leggatt claims first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
- David Peoples USA · 270Closed with a 67 to tie for second, two strokes behind Golf Today: Leggatt claims first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot)
, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Leggatt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
24 February 2002
It hasn't sunk in yet. I'll be able to fix my schedule now. We're expecting a baby in May, and with my exempt situation, I can maybe take two or three weeks off.
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
24 February 2002
My stats might not reflect it, but I've always been a pretty good bunker player.
Golf Today (final-round report, unattributed)
24 February 2002
I'm going to be 47 in June, so I came here to win this golf tournament and fell a little short.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Leggatt | 68 · 71 · 65 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Loren Roberts | 65 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | David Peoples | 67 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Kenneth Staton | 69 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Fred Funk | 65 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Spike McRoy | 67 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Cameron Beckman | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Russ Cochran | 67 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Shigeki Maruyama | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Chris Smith | 70 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Greg Kraft | 69 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Bob Tway | 67 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Heath Slocum | 69 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1965-09-23, Galt, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 1990; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 275 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet