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Sunday 28 September 2003PGA TourYear in Review

Armour wins Valero Texas Open

La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 September 2003 · Tommy Armour III’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Valero

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 46 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R128°/21°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R226°/21°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R329°/20°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R428°/17°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 42 · 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

, 81 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Valero Texas Open

La Cantera Golf Club, La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Tommy Armour III

254Total
−26To par
7 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

It's nice, I guess, to have the all-time record. I didn't really think about it until about 5, 6 holes to go. I said, if I make a few birdies, I could maybe have a shot at that.

Tommy Armour III, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 28 September 2003. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

He's really been getting on me. He said, Dad, you have to start playing better, you have to start making those putts.

Tommy Armour III, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 28 September 2003. The report

Golf Today (AP report)

He's lapping the field here this week.

Loren Roberts, quoted in Golf Today (AP report), 28 September 2003. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Tommy Armour III64 · 62 · 63 · 65254−26
T2Loren Roberts64 · 66 · 69 · 62261−19
T2Bob Tway61 · 69 · 67 · 64261−19
4Duffy Waldorf64 · 69 · 62 · 67262−18
5Aaron Baddeley62 · 70 · 69 · 62263−17
6Dan Forsman64 · 63 · 70 · 67264−16
T7Steve Flesch67 · 66 · 68 · 64265−15
T7Paul Goydos65 · 64 · 68 · 68265−15
T7Glen Hnatiuk65 · 68 · 64 · 68265−15
T7Frank Lickliter II68 · 69 · 64 · 64265−15
T7K.J. Choi67 · 62 · 69 · 67265−15
T7Richard S. Johnson66 · 67 · 66 · 66265−15
The golfer

born 1959-10-08, Denver, Colorado; USA; turned pro 1981; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 352 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).

Source

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