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Sunday 29 February 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Slocum wins Chrysler Classic of Tucson
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 February 2004 · Heath Slocum’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Chrysler
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Aaron Baddeley AUS · 267Level with Slocum at 15 under after 54 holes and ahead after a 28-footer at the 14th, he three-putted the 18th from about 50 feet, missing a 5-foot par putt, his first bogey since the second round, to lose by one Golf Today: Slocum gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040506)
, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Chrysler Classic of Tucson
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa (Catalina Course), Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Heath Slocum
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today: Slocum gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040506)
29 February 2004
Coming down and just playing my game, and it worked out this time. It really felt good.
Golf Today: Slocum gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040506)
29 February 2004
Obviously, I knew what Aaron was doing, and whether somebody was lighting it up in front of us, I didn't know.
Golf Today: Slocum gains first PGA Tour win (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040506)
29 February 2004
But I putted up a hill. It was into the grain, left to right, and it really wasn't that slow. And then I hit a good putt on the way down, and it just didn't go in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heath Slocum | 67 · 64 · 70 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Aaron Baddeley | 68 · 69 · 64 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Rory Sabbatini | 69 · 68 · 69 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Harrison Frazar | 66 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Mark Hensby | 65 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 65 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Bill Glasson | 66 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Tim Clark | 66 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Todd Fischer | 68 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Mike Heinen | 66 · 71 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Carlos Franco | 65 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1974-02-03, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 194 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet