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Sunday 12 January 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 January 1997 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz · final round cancelled by rain on 12 January (play suspended, round cancelled two hours later); result over 54 holes, decided by a one-hole sudden-death playoff the same day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Tom Lehman USA · 202Tied with Woods at 14 under when the final round was rained out; hit his 6-iron tee shot into the water at the par-3 seventh, the first playoff hole. GOLFonline: Woods tops Lehman in playoff to win Mercedes Championships, 12 Jan 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)
32 started, 31 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort & Spa, La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
12 January 1997
In my own mind, I'm always the favorite.
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
12 January 1997
You don't want anything given to you, you want to earn it,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
12 January 1997
Tiger hit a great shot. Of course, he had no pressure on him at the time. But it was still a great shot,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 67 · 65 | 202 | −14 |
| 2 | Tom Lehman | 66 · 67 · 69 | 202 | −14 |
| 3 | Guy Boros | 69 · 68 · 70 | 207 | −9 |
| T4 | Fred Couples | 69 · 69 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| T4 | Paul Goydos | 67 · 71 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| T6 | Steve Jones | 70 · 71 · 68 | 209 | −7 |
| T6 | Davis Love III | 70 · 67 · 72 | 209 | −7 |
| T8 | John Cook | 70 · 71 · 69 | 210 | −6 |
| T8 | Corey Pavin | 70 · 68 · 72 | 210 | −6 |
| T8 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 68 · 75 | 210 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 33 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet