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Sunday 10 August 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Love wins the International
Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 2003 · Davis Love III’s win no. 18 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/15°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/13°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/13°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · +34 pointstied second, 12 points back; eagled the 17th on Sunday for 34 points but never got within 10 of Love Golf Today: Love coasts to wire to wire victory (The International 2003 round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
- Vijay Singh FIJ · +34 pointstied second, 12 points back; birdies at 7, 8 and 10 cut Love's lead to 13, and a birdie at 17 got him to 35 before a closing bogey Golf Today: Love coasts to wire to wire victory (The International 2003 round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
Same week
PGA Tour event
The International
Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Davis Love III
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
It's nice to come out and lead a golf tournament the whole way through and see what that feels like.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
I didn't prepare myself to be ahead that long the whole way. It's a new kind of experience for me, or really for anybody to have that big of a lead all the way through.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
I think rest of the field was sort of feeling like they were playing for second place, but that was my goal today, to see if I could get to 36, then I could finish second.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Love III | +46 points | |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | +34 points | |
| T2 | Retief Goosen | +34 points | |
| 4 | Chris DiMarco | +33 points | |
| 5 | John Rollins | +31 points | |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | +26 points | |
| T6 | Ernie Els | +26 points | |
| 8 | Geoff Ogilvy | +25 points | |
| 9 | Charles Howell III | +24 points | |
| T10 | Bob Tway | +23 points | |
| T10 | Robert Allenby | +23 points | |
| T10 | Paul Casey | +23 points |
The golfer
born 1964-04-13, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet