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Jesper Parnevik edges Rory Sabbatini to win the Bob Hope Classic
Jesper Parnevik won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on 23 January 2000, completing the five-round tournament in 331 strokes, 27 under par. The Swede finished one stroke ahead of South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini. Unlike the four-round events that preceded it on the PGA Tour calendar, the Hope championship required players to sustain their scoring across 90 holes.
2000-01-19 – 2000-01-23 · Palm Desert, California, USA
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The story
Jesper Parnevik won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on 23 January 2000, completing the five-round tournament in 331 strokes, 27 under par. The Swede finished one stroke ahead of South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini. Unlike the four-round events that preceded it on the PGA Tour calendar, the Hope championship required players to sustain their scoring across 90 holes.
How it unfolded
Parnevik’s rounds were 69, 67, 66, 64 and 65. Sabbatini had led after the fourth round, while Parnevik was among the players two strokes behind him. The final-day change in positions produced a close finish rather than a runaway victory. Parnevik’s total and the one-shot margin are retained in the tournament’s official historical championship summary.
The wider picture
The victory was another PGA Tour title for Parnevik after his Phoenix and Greensboro successes in the preceding two seasons. It also placed a Swedish winner on the event’s roll of honour at the start of the new decade. The championship belongs to the January 2000 archive under its contemporary Bob Hope Chrysler Classic name, although the same tournament’s modern official records appear under The American Express.
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