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Sunday 16 February 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February 2003 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 35 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Buick
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/13°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 16.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/13°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 18 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 0.1 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
- Carl Pettersson SWE · 276Closed with a 69 to finish four strokes behind, never a factor; Brad Faxon, one behind entering the round, was the only challenger until problems off the tee left him third Golf Today: Woods returns to winning ways (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unattributed wire-style report)
, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines (North Course and South Course), Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 February 2003
When you're cooped up on the couch forever, you know, laying at home and just practicing -- I miss competing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 February 2003
That, to me, is my rush, is going out there and having to hit a golf shot that really matters. That gives me a big rush and I missed that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 February 2003
I didn't look at one scoreboard today until I hit my third shot on 18 and I asked my caddie what place we were in, and he told me second
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Carl Pettersson | 69 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Brad Faxon | 70 · 64 · 71 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Briny Baird | 70 · 65 · 72 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Arron Oberholser | 65 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Charles Howell III | 74 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Luke Donald | 69 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Marco Dawson | 68 · 66 · 76 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Jonathan Kaye | 68 · 67 · 72 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 35; 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