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Sunday 23 March 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March 2003 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 37 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Cooper Tires
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/23°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 48 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 9.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/16°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 6.6 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
- Brad Faxon USA · 280Played with Woods in the final group, closed with a 74 and missed a six-foot par putt at the 18th that cost him $189,000, dropping into a four-way tie for second 11 shots back Golf Today: Woods wins by eleven despite illness (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030702)
- Kenny Perry USA · 280Closed with a 71 to share second, 11 strokes behind Golf Today: Woods wins by eleven despite illness (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030702)
- Kirk Triplett USA · 280Closed with a 70 to share second, 11 strokes behind Golf Today: Woods wins by eleven despite illness (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030702)
- Stewart Cink USA · 280Closed with a 72 to share second, 11 strokes behind Golf Today: Woods wins by eleven despite illness (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030702)
, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2003
It was a joke. I mean, just every single tee shot hurt because my abs were obviously sore from last night and I continued on while I was playing today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2003
the problem is, it's so easy to check in to a hospital, but getting out is the hard part, you know.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2003
When he has to just bear down and make par, when he's got a seven- or eight-shot lead, he's not going to throw up all over himself.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Kirk Triplett | 73 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Kenny Perry | 72 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Stewart Cink | 69 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 70 · 71 · 65 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| 6 | Aaron Baddeley | 69 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | J.L. Lewis | 69 · 73 · 73 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Jeff Sluman | 75 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Jerry Kelly | 76 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Jeff Brehaut | 75 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Ty Tryon | 73 · 67 · 74 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Steve Flesch | 72 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Billy Andrade | 72 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Pat Perez | 74 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Jonathan Kaye | 69 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Ben Crane | 70 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Stephen Ames | 73 · 70 · 66 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 37; majors to date: 8; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet