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Monday 10 March 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Hoch wins Ford Championship at Doral
Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Miami, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Monday 10 March 2003 · Scott Hoch’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Ford · darkness: the playoff was suspended at the second extra hole on Sunday, March 9, and Hoch won on the third extra hole on Monday morning, March 10
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jim Furyk USA · 271Caught Hoch with a closing 68 to force a playoff; parred the first extra hole after hitting into the grandstand, matched Hoch's birdie at the second on Monday, then drove into a bunker at the 18th and two-putted for par as Hoch birdied Golf Today: Hoch beats Furyk at third playoff hole / Darkness halts Hoch-Furyk playoff (report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030513)
, 84 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Ford Championship at Doral
Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Blue Course), Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Miami, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Hoch
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 March 2003
You couldn't read the green . I couldn't. I got my eyes fixed but he didn't give me night vision.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2003
He was right. That's why I pay him the big money. I mean last night it might have broken left, but this morning it broke right.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 March 2003
I think everyone just made too big a deal out of it. It got dark last night. Scott and I spent an hour in here talking about it. It's golf. You go back out.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Hoch | 66 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Bob Tway | 65 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Tim Petrovic | 70 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Kenny Perry | 69 · 71 · 71 · 64 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Jonathan Byrd | 75 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Heath Slocum | 68 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Shaun Micheel | 67 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Skip Kendall | 68 · 74 · 65 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Cliff Kresge | 71 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Rod Pampling | 64 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1955-11-24, Raleigh, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1979; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 11; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet