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Sunday 16 March 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 March 1997 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.5 million USD · Honda · rain washed out Friday's play; the third and final rounds (36 holes) were both played on Sunday
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Payne Stewart USA · 275Led for much of the final round; missed a two-foot par putt at the 12th and three-putted the 17th, birdied the 18th to tie for second, one behind GOLFonline (AP): Australian Appleby outlasts field to win by 1 at Honda Classic, 1997-03-16 (Wayback Machine)
- Michael Bradley USA · 275Closed with a 68 to tie for second, one behind GOLFonline (AP): Australian Appleby outlasts field to win by 1 at Honda Classic, 1997-03-16 (Wayback Machine)
135 started, 64 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
16 March 1997
I was playing scratchy golf, and I didn't think scratchy golf could win a tournament.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
16 March 1997
It's too bad we can't play defense in this game. I could have guarded that.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
16 March 1997
The golf tournament was mine to win and I didn't do it,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 68 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Payne Stewart | 68 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Michael Bradley | 69 · 65 · 73 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Ronnie Black | 69 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Andrew Magee | 70 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Craig Parry | 74 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 71 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Robert Gamez | 70 · 66 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Joe Durant | 69 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Paul Stankowski | 67 · 66 · 72 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Mike Brisky | 71 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Doug Martin | 69 · 66 · 72 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 258 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Honda Classic, week 11 of 1997; adjustedPoints 0 in the 1997 table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet