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Sunday 24 August 2003PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Clarke wins WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 August 2003 · Darren Clarke’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · NEC
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/15°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 21 · 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
- Jonathan Kaye USA · 272one behind Clarke and his playing partner at the start; bogeyed the 2nd while Clarke eagled it, then could not make the putts and shot 70 to finish four back ASAP Sports transcript: Jonathan Kaye, WGC NEC Invitational, 2003-08-24
85 started, 85 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Clarke
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 August 2003
To be only the second person to win two of these behind Tiger, anytime you follow anything behind Tiger it's pretty good, so I'm delighted to have won again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 August 2003
I got five shots ahead and didn't know quite what to do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 August 2003
Darren just played perfect. He made one mistake that I saw all day. He kind of flubbed a chip on the 5th hole, but he was so far ahead that he had the opportunity to make a few errors.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 65 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Jonathan Kaye | 68 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| 3 | Davis Love III | 66 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Chris Riley | 66 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Trevor Immelman | 70 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 68 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-14, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1990; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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