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Sunday 2 February 1997PGA TourYear in Review
O'Meara wins AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Thursday 30 January to Sunday 2 February 1997 · Mark O'Meara’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,900,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/9°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/9°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/9°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 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
- David Duval USA · 269Took a three-stroke lead into the final round, closed with a 71 and birdied the last two holes to share second. GOLFonline: O'Meara holds off Duval, Woods to win AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, 2 Feb 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)
- Tiger Woods USA · 269Began the day seven back, followed a 63 with a 64 and birdied the last three holes; his only bogey came at the 13th, where he missed an 8-foot par putt. GOLFonline: O'Meara holds off Duval, Woods to win AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, 2 Feb 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)
177 started, 64 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Club and Poppy Hills Golf Club (final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links), Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark O'Meara
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
2 February 1997
To have won it five times, it's just a heck of an accomplishment,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
2 February 1997
I was pretty jacked to beat Tiger down the stretch,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
2 February 1997
We live about a 3-wood away from each other. He and I talked about going head-to-head and lo and behold, we did today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark O'Meara | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | David Duval | 65 · 71 · 62 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 72 · 63 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Craig Stadler | 70 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 65 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Billy Andrade | 66 · 75 · 66 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Glen Day | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Mike Brisky | 69 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-13, Goldsboro, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1980; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 0; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet