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Sunday 25 May 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Frost wins MasterCard Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 May 1997 · David Frost’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,600,000 USD · MasterCard
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 28 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 31 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 47 · 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 Ogrin USA · 267third-round leader by one, missed a four-foot birdie putt on 14 to tie, bogeyed 15 and shot 38 on the back nine for a 72 GOLFonline: Frost wins by two as Woods, Ogrin falter at MasterCard Colonial (Wayback)
- Brad Faxon USA · 267closed with 68 for his third runner-up finish in six weeks, two strokes behind GOLFonline: Frost wins by two as Woods, Ogrin falter at MasterCard Colonial (Wayback)
104 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
MasterCard Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Frost
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
25 May 1997
If my career was to end tomorrow, it's been more than I could have hoped for.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
25 May 1997
Ben Hogan has been a big influence on me, almost since I began to play golf. He's been such an inspiration to me.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
25 May 1997
This was mine, for a while, to win or lose. But my putter was not working. It became a foreign object the last nine holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Frost | 66 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 63 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | David Ogrin | 66 · 67 · 62 · 72 | 267 | −13 |
| T4 | Paul Goydos | 64 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 65 · 64 · 72 | 268 | −12 |
| T6 | Bob Tway | 65 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Dudley Hart | 68 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| 8 | Jim Furyk | 64 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 270 | −10 |
| 9 | John Huston | 67 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Steve Pate | 69 · 66 · 64 · 73 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Loren Roberts | 67 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Glen Day | 69 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1959-09-11, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1981; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 60 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1997 week 21)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet