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Sunday 26 January 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins Phoenix Open
TPC of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 January 1997 · Steve Jones’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Jesper Parnevik SWE · 269Matched Jones's closing 67 to take second alone, 11 strokes behind. GOLFonline: Phoenix Open final-round story, 26 Jan 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)
130 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC of Scottsdale, TPC of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
26 January 1997
I tell you, I'm going to have to bronze that putter. It's been good,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
26 January 1997
My goal after the U.S. Open was to prove I could win again,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
26 January 1997
He putted like a man possessed. He was rolling the ball so purely I think he could've putted on the tees this week and still made as many putts.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Jones | 62 · 64 · 65 · 67 | 258 | −26 |
| 2 | Jesper Parnevik | 66 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Nick Price | 64 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 68 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Rick Fehr | 66 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Kenny Perry | 74 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Dan Forsman | 69 · 67 · 65 · 72 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Mike Hulbert | 69 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Fulton Allem | 67 · 67 · 66 · 73 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Tom Lehman | 68 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 71 · 66 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Tommy Tolles | 66 · 65 · 69 · 73 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Scott McCarron | 71 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1958-12-27, Artesia, New Mexico; USA; turned pro 1981; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 28 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet