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Sunday 23 February 1997PGA TourYear in Review
Sluman wins Tucson Chrysler Classic
Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 February 1997 · Jeff Sluman’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Chrysler
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° 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
- Steve Jones USA · 276Needed a par at the 72nd to force a playoff, flew the green with a 7-iron, pitched 45 feet past and two-putted for bogey; closed with a 70. GOLFonline: Sluman rallies, holds on to win Tucson Chrysler Classic, 23 Feb 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)
139 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tucson Chrysler Classic
Omni Tucson National Resort, Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jeff Sluman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
23 February 1997
I wasn't sure if it would ever happen,
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
23 February 1997
This shows me if you hang in there and play solid golf, you can win out here. It's been a long time coming. Most of the time when I lost, I played really well.
GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)
23 February 1997
Two-under in the last two days, that's not going to win many golf tournaments,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Sluman | 75 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Steve Jones | 66 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Brad Bryant | 68 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Paul Stankowski | 72 · 65 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Tom Kite | 69 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Don Pooley | 67 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Clarence Rose | 67 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Jeff Maggert | 66 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Lee Janzen | 72 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Andrew Magee | 70 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Mike Reid | 70 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Jerry Kelly | 72 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1957-09-11, Rochester, New York; USA; turned pro 1980; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 50 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet