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Sunday 6 July 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Motorola Western Open
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Lemont, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July 1997 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $2 million USD · Motorola
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Frank Nobilo NZL · 278birdied 14 and 15 to catch Woods at 11-under, but Woods answered with back-to-back birdies and Nobilo bogeyed the 18th to lose by three GOLFonline: Woods captures Motorola Western Open for fourth PGA Tour win of year (Wayback)
156 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Motorola Western Open
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club (Dubsdread Course), Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
6 July 1997
It's nice to get in the clubhouse and win a tournament with your mind like that. That's what wins majors because you're not always going to hit it well.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
6 July 1997
Going into the day, I thought the par 5s would be the saving grace. That wasn't the case.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), unbylined report
6 July 1997
He seems to birdie the holes he needs to. Tiger, when he's in position, he doesn't go backwards.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Frank Nobilo | 71 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Jeff Sluman | 69 · 69 · 74 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Steve Lowery | 70 · 72 · 66 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Justin Leonard | 71 · 64 · 72 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 74 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Jay Delsing | 71 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Steve Pate | 75 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 70 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Tom Watson | 72 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | 72 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 71 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1997 week 27)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet