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Sunday 10 August 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Singh wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 1997 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.5 million USD · Buick
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 277led by three after 54 holes but closed with 74, making no front-nine birdies and bogeying 17 to fall into a six-way tie for second AP final-round story, 1997 Buick Open – GOLFonline (Wayback)
- Russ Cochran USA · 277closed with 67 to tie for second, four behind AP final-round story, 1997 Buick Open – GOLFonline (Wayback)
146 started · cut -1, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 August 1997
My caddie (Dave Remick) told me to be patient. I putted well today. If you don't make any putts, you're just another player out there.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 August 1997
It's nice to win when good players are in the field. I thought Ernie would do better. He let us all in.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 August 1997
This golf course just wouldn't give me anything. It wouldn't give me anything for the last two days. I couldn't make any putts.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 73 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Russ Cochran | 68 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Brad Fabel | 69 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Curtis Strange | 72 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Joe Ozaki | 67 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Tom Byrum | 72 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 68 · 63 · 72 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Dan Forsman | 68 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Rocco Mediate | 70 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1997 week 32); age stated by AP ('The 34-year-old Singh'); majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia: first major title 1998 PGA Championship).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet