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Sunday 19 January 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 January 2003 · Ernie Els’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Sony
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/20°C · wind 32 km/h NNW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/20°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/23°C · wind 32 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/23°C · wind 38 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.6 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
- Aaron Baddeley AUS · 264Led after three rounds, birdied the 72nd hole to force a playoff and birdied the first extra hole, but lost on the second (the 10th) when Els holed from the fringe and his own 20-foot birdie putt stopped on the lip Els outlasts Baddeley in Sony Open playoff (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2003-01-20)
, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Els goes to great lengths in winning (Ferd Lewis and Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2003-01-20)
19 January 2003
If I'm still on this side of the ground I'll be coming back. If I'm the other way, I probably won't.
Els outlasts Baddeley in Sony Open playoff (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2003-01-20)
19 January 2003
I was disappointed to drop it, because somebody put it in a really nice lie for me.
Future might be now for 'The Kid' (Ferd Lewis, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2003-01-20)
19 January 2003
On the 13th, after I saved par, I saw him smile and it was like he knew I wasn't going to go away.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 66 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| 2 | Aaron Baddeley | 66 · 64 · 65 · 69 | 264 | −16 |
| 3 | Chris DiMarco | 65 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Jerry Kelly | 68 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | 68 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| 6 | Stuart Appleby | 68 · 71 · 67 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Joe Durant | 67 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Fred Funk | 66 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Chris Riley | 65 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Shigeki Maruyama | 66 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Briny Baird | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 3; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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