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Sunday 17 August 2003PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Micheel wins PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2003 · Shaun Micheel’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · 85th PGA Championship; first round played during the Northeast blackout of 2003 with no interruption to play (Wikipedia)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/20°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 43 · 5.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/17°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Chad Campbell USA · 278Co-leader after 54 holes; got within one with a birdie at 13, lost two shots with a fat bunker shot at 14, holed a long putt at 15, but Micheel birdied 16 and closed with a 7-iron to two inches at the 72nd; Campbell shot 72 PGA Championship, August 17, 2003: Chad Campbell (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +8, 70 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club (East), Rochester
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chad Campbell
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2003
First of all, I really can't believe that this happened to me. I showed up here on Tuesday to play a practice round and saw how difficult this golf course was.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2003
I was trying to win the B.C. Open a year ago at this time trying to keep my card, and even up till maybe a month or two ago, I was trying to keep my card.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2003
I didn't know it was an inch. I was thinking maybe four or five feet, at least have to make a putt
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Micheel | 69 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| 2 | Chad Campbell | 69 · 72 · 65 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| 3 | Tim Clark | 72 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| 4 | Alex Cejka | 74 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 71 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 282 | +2 |
| T5 | Jay Haas | 70 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 282 | +2 |
| T7 | Fred Funk | 69 · 73 · 70 · 72 | 284 | +4 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 70 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 284 | +4 |
| T7 | Mike Weir | 68 · 71 · 70 · 75 | 284 | +4 |
| T10 | Billy Andrade | 67 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Charles Howell III | 70 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Kenny Perry | 75 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 76 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 285 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1969-01-05, Orlando, Florida; USA; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 169 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, PGA CHAMPIONSHIP 2003); Wikipedia also states 169th).
What’s in the bag
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