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Sunday 6 July 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins 100th Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July 2003 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 38 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 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
14 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/21°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/24°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 10.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 24.7 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
- Rich Beem USA · 272opened the back nine with three birdies and an eagle in five holes to get within five, but could not take advantage of the last par 5 and finished five behind Golf Today: Tiger cruises to five shot win (Western Open 2003 round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
157 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
100th Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club (Dubsdread course), Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 July 2003
It was very difficult because I had to try and figure out a way to understand how Thomas LeVet was pulling his card tricks. That was the hardest thing. He was fooling all of us.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 July 2003
Yeah, I was aware of it because Brad kept telling me every day this week. You know, you're halfway there, tournament record. Well, great.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 July 2003
Unfortunately we've got a guy who's superhuman out here this week. There's going to be times when he does this to fields, but that's okay.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 63 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 267 | |
| 2 | Rich Beem | 69 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 272 | |
| T3 | Jim Furyk | 71 · 66 · 72 · 65 | 274 | |
| T3 | Jerry Kelly | 66 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 274 | |
| T3 | Mike Weir | 67 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 274 | |
| T6 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 275 | |
| T6 | Cliff Kresge | 67 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 275 | |
| T8 | Freddie Jacobson | 69 · 74 · 67 · 66 | 276 | |
| T8 | Chad Campbell | 67 · 73 · 69 · 67 | 276 | |
| T8 | Dudley Hart | 73 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 38; majors to date: 8; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet