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Sunday 30 March 2003PGA TourYear in Review
Love wins the Players Championship
TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 2003 · Davis Love III’s win no. 16 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,500,000 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
12 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/18°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 39 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/15°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/11°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 2.4 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
- Jay Haas USA · 277Co-leader with Harrington after 54 holes; bogeyed the 16th and closed with an even-par 72 as Love shot 64, but the tie for second put the 49-year-old into the money-list top 10 and the Masters Golf Today: Love claims title after closing 64 (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030413)
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 277Led after each of the first three rounds, made back-to-back bogeys early on Sunday and closed with a 72, finding the water at the 18th Golf Today: Love claims title after closing 64 (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20030413)
144 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium Course), TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Davis Love III
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
If that's what the back nine of a major championship feels like with a lead, at least I know how it feels now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
this round of golf, yeah, I'll remember it the rest of my life because it's something I've been building up to the last few months.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
I'm disappointed, but if I had made a bogey or two coming in and had lost by a shot, that would have been more disappointing, but we just got run over by Davis today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Love III | 70 · 67 · 70 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Jay Haas | 68 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | 70 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 73 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Chad Campbell | 72 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Darren Clarke | 71 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Kirk Triplett | 72 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Scott Verplank | 71 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 10 | Fred Couples | 67 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-13, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet