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Sunday 2 November 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Chrysler Championship
Westin Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor, Florida · Thursday 30 October to Sunday 2 November 2003 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/19°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/22°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/22°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 275Birdied 11 and 12 to get within one shot, then bogeyed the 15th after Goosen birdied 13 and 14; closed with a 70 to finish three back AP: Goosen holds off Singh for Chrysler win (ESPN.com, Wayback Machine copy)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Chrysler Championship
Westin Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course), Westin Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
St. Petersburg Times
3 November 2003
You are always going to be nervous in this game … Doesn't matter who you are. Tiger (Woods) is nervous. Everybody is nervous. You really focus on the shot in hand.
St. Petersburg Times
3 November 2003
I am happy to finish second. I'm a little disappointed I didn't win. I thought I had a good chance. Retief played solid all day, and he deserved to win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 November 2003
From what I heard, it was a good golf course and it's not 25-under par or anything like that. That I like.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Briny Baird | 72 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Tim Petrovic | 71 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Chad Campbell | 68 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Dan Forsman | 67 · 75 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Davis Love III | 69 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Thomas Levet | 71 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 72 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Peter Lonard | 71 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Geoff Ogilvy | 71 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Stephen Ames | 74 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet