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Sunday 22 June 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Kaye wins Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 2003 · Jonathan Kaye’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Buick · rain: the third round was completed on Sunday morning, then the final round and playoff were played Sunday (Kaye and Rollins played 30 holes that day); lift, clean and place in effect
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 7 km/h SW, gusts 15 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/16°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/16°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 17.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/15°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 34 · 11.7 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
- John Rollins USA · 271closed with three straight 67s to tie at 13-under 271, then pulled his playoff tee shot into the left rough at the 18th and missed a 12-foot birdie putt as Kaye made eagle Golf Today: Kaye beats Rollins in playoff - Buick Classic 2003 (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Westchester Country Club, Harrison, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jonathan Kaye
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Jonathan Kaye interview, 2003-06-22 (ASAP Sports)
22 June 2003
I've been seeing my name on the Golf Channel, "most money without a win," so I get that off my back, anyway.
Jonathan Kaye interview, 2003-06-22 (ASAP Sports)
22 June 2003
It was a long day. It's hard walking around in wet, soggy grass. My knee was bothering me a little bit today.
John Rollins interview, 2003-06-22 (ASAP Sports)
22 June 2003
Well, I hit probably the worst tee shot all day for me on 18 and pulled it in the left rough, which he hit in the fairway and you can't do that on that hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Kaye | 70 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | John Rollins | 70 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| 3 | Joey Sindelar | 66 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Jay Haas | 74 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Fred Funk | 71 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | 70 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Skip Kendall | 68 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Brad Faxon | 69 · 67 · 74 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Tom Lehman | 71 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | J.L. Lewis | 68 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1970-08-02, Denver, Colorado, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1993; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 102 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Buick Classic' (week 25/2003), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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