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Sunday 2 February 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Weir wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West Palmer Course, La Quinta, California · Wednesday 29 January to Sunday 2 February 2003 · Mike Weir’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Chrysler
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/13°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/13°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/15°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/19°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/14°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 51 · 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
- Jay Haas USA · 332Led by three at the turn; Weir caught him with a birdie at the 17th, and at the par-5 18th Haas went for the green with a 4-iron, came up short in the water and bogeyed to finish two back Golf Today: Mike Weir wins as opponents fade (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West Palmer Course, Bermuda Dunes CC, Indian Wells Celebrity Course and La Quinta Country Club, PGA West Palmer Course, La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mike Weir
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 February 2003
To finish like that with three birdies and win a tournament, it's pretty special, really special.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 February 2003
I didn't practice a whole lot, but I did a lot of stuff indoors in front of mirrors - working on my grip, posture, those kind of things, and it's paid off.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 February 2003
seemed like last year at the end, I was almost expecting bad shots, and today I was expecting good ones.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Weir | 67 · 64 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 330 | −30 |
| 2 | Jay Haas | 67 · 61 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 332 | −28 |
| T3 | Chris DiMarco | 64 · 68 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 334 | −26 |
| T3 | Tim Herron | 69 · 64 · 61 · 65 · 75 | 334 | −26 |
| 5 | David Gossett | 69 · 67 · 62 · 66 · 72 | 336 | −24 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 68 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 337 | −23 |
| T6 | Pat Perez | 69 · 61 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 337 | −23 |
| T8 | Jonathan Kaye | 66 · 71 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 66 · 67 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Harrison Frazar | 67 · 62 · 72 · 66 · 71 | 338 | −22 |
| T8 | Stephen Ames | 63 · 67 · 64 · 71 · 73 | 338 | −22 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 1992; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 39 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet