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Sunday 6 April 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Crane wins BellSouth Classic
TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 2003 · Ben Crane’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · BellSouth
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 39 · 9.9 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
- Bob Tway USA · 276Started two behind leader Lee Janzen and led for most of the final day, but a buried lie and bogey at 11 and a three-putt bogey at 15 let Crane pass him Golf Today: Crane claims title with closing 63 (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030420)
, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BellSouth Classic
TPC at Sugarloaf (Stables and Meadows nines), TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Crane
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2003
I am so thankful. I played great today. I figured if I went low, I would have a chance and it happened. I'm a little numb.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2003
Then I called my pastor back home . That was the first call I made was to my pastor back home.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2003
all I needed to do was shoot 2-under on the back side and we would be tied. 2-under is not like you are setting the world on fire.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crane | 73 · 72 · 64 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Bob Tway | 70 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 70 · 74 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Jay Williamson | 68 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Hank Kuehne | 71 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 72 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | John Rollins | 72 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 70 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Paul Lawrie | 72 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Chris DiMarco | 67 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Brenden Pappas | 71 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | J.J. Henry | 70 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1976-03-06, Portland, Oregon; USA; turned pro 1999; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 147 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet