{"id":443,"date":"2005-01-30T22:05:28","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T03:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/hope_and_some_new_sticks_propel_leonard\/"},"modified":"2005-01-30T22:05:28","modified_gmt":"2005-01-31T03:05:28","slug":"hope_and_some_new_sticks_propel_leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/hope_and_some_new_sticks_propel_leonard","title":{"rendered":"Hope (and Some New Sticks) Propel Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/pga\/justin_leonard.jpg\" title=\"Justin Leonard\" height=\"262\" width=\"189\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Justin Leonard, who <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/clubs\/justin_leonard_signs_with_nike\/\" title=\"Leonard Signs with Nike\">signed with Nike only 25 days ago<\/a> and who missed his first cut with Nike equipment at last week&#8217;s Buick Invitational, today shot 5-under 67 to capture the 2005 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at 28-under 332.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Ogilvie, who <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/pga\/saturday_at_the_bob_hope\/\" title=\"Saturday at the Bob Hope\">led the tournament after four rounds<\/a>, remains winless after six years on tour. He shot a closing-round 73 and finished T2 with Tim Clark at -25, three back. Ogilvie joked &#8220;The rain dance didn&#8217;t work. I was trying for a rainout today, but that didn&#8217;t happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Said Leonard of this victory, his first in 22 months since the 2003 Honda, &#8220;it will inspire me a bit, knowing that one is not enough. I&#8217;ve been sitting on eight wins for almost two years, and it&#8217;s nice to get a ninth.&#8221; Leonard had only three top-10s last year and finished 42nd on the money list with $1.5 million. He failed to qualify for the Tour Championship for the first time since joining the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>As the last two Hope champions went on to capture the Green Jacket of Augusta, Leonard may now be the odds-on favorite to capture the Masters.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Photo Credit: &copy; Nike<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Leonard, playing in only his second tournament with his new Nike equipment, earns victory, breaking a 22-month dry spell for the 1997 Open champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hope (and Some New Sticks) Propel Leonard (PGA) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/hope_and_some_new_sticks_propel_leonard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hope (and Some New Sticks) Propel Leonard (PGA) - The Sand Trap .com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Justin Leonard, playing in only his second tournament with his new Nike equipment, earns victory, breaking a 22-month dry spell for the 1997 Open champion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/imgs\/pga\/justin_leonard.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@the_sand_trap\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erik J. 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