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Sunday 27 April 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 2003 · Fred Couples’s win no. 15 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Shell
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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 49 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/18°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 34 · 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
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 271Played with Couples in the final pairing and seized the lead at the 12th, but bogeyed 13 and then 17, where his approach stopped at the water's edge and he waded in knee-deep Golf Today: Couples wins again after 5 years (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030511)
- Hank Kuehne USA · 271Birdied 15, 16 and 17 to lead by one, then hit his tee shot at the 18th into the water and made his only bogey of the day Golf Today: Couples wins again after 5 years (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030511)
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 271Birdied four of five holes after the turn to go in front, but an errant drive at the 16th led to a bogey Golf Today: Couples wins again after 5 years (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030511)
, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Redstone Golf Club (Members Course), Redstone Golf Club, Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2003
I haven't won in five years. I haven't played really well in five years, and I worked hard on my game, and it meshed.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2003
I said hang on, to myself, and it went in, and you know, it's not even one in 100,000. It's just potluck.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2003
it was like suction cup sand and I went down and it sunk. It was, like, woosh, and I thought I was going to lose both my shoes in there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 65 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Hank Kuehne | 69 · 64 · 72 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 68 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 5 | Jay Haas | 67 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Jeff Maggert | 71 · 66 · 72 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Geoff Ogilvy | 70 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | John Daly | 69 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Peter Jacobsen | 67 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 69 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Steve Flesch | 72 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 1; world No. 77 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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