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Sunday 16 March 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Leonard wins the Honda Classic
The Country Club at Mirasol, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 March 2003 · Justin Leonard’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Honda
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 13.8 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
- Davis Love III USA · 265Started the final round at 20 under and led Leonard by two with 13 holes left, but played the back nine in 1 over, lipping out at the 16th and driving into a waste area at the 17th Golf Today: Leonard claims victory with closing 67 (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030416)
- Chad Campbell USA · 265Closed with a 65 to get a chance on the back nine but finished a stroke short ASAP Sports interview transcript: Chad Campbell, The Honda Classic, 2003-03-16
, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
The Country Club at Mirasol, The Country Club at Mirasol, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Leonard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2003
I owe this tournament a whole box of envelopes for all of the tickets we sent to will call.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2003
The only problem is that I set the bar pretty high. Now they are going to expect me to come down here and win every year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 March 2003
I was a little undecided on my tee shot on 16, and that's the one that I'm going to kick myself the most over
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | 63 · 70 · 64 · 67 | 264 | −24 |
| T2 | Chad Campbell | 69 · 65 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| T2 | Davis Love III | 66 · 65 · 65 · 69 | 265 | −23 |
| 4 | Tim Herron | 69 · 63 · 70 · 64 | 266 | −22 |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | 64 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 70 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T5 | Notah Begay III | 63 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T8 | Chris DiMarco | 69 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | John Rollins | 71 · 65 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | Brian Gay | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | Brett Quigley | 68 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | Woody Austin | 66 · 70 · 63 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | Jerry Kelly | 70 · 62 · 67 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
The golfer
born 1972-06-15, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 1994; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 20 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet