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Sunday 2 November 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Duval wins the Tour Championship
Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 October to Sunday 2 November 1997 · David Duval’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $4 million 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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 274closed with a 67 to post 10-under and waited, but Duval saved par from trouble on 17 and 18 to win by one GOLFonline: Duval wins third consecutive start (AP, Wayback)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship
Champions Golf Club, Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Duval
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 November 1997
You know, him staying in there was more important than me winning this tournament. So, I thought about it a lot, yeah.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 November 1997
Then on 17, I just hit a high plains drifter out to the right. I don't know if I was lucky that it stayed inbound or unlucky that it got so close to being out of bounds.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 November 1997
You know, if I lost the tournament, in any respect, it would have been yesterday shooting 73.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 66 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Davis Love III | 68 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 69 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Bill Glasson | 68 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −7 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 67 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Jesper Parnevik | 66 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Loren Roberts | 72 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 70 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T10 | Scott Hoch | 68 · 65 · 74 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1971-11-09, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1993; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 19 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (1997)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet