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Sunday 22 March 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins Bay Hill Invitational
Bay Hill Club, Orlando, Florida · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 1998 · Ernie Els’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · first round suspended (AP page links); final 36 holes played on Sunday 22 March
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/17°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 37 · 28 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 71 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/8°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jeff Maggert USA · 278Rounds of 69-68 on the 36-hole Sunday to tie for second, four behind GOLFonline (AP, Doug Ferguson): Els leaves Woods, Love in his wake en route to victory at Bay Hill Invitational, 1998-03-22 (Wayback Machine)
- Bob Estes USA · 278Closed 67-71 to tie for second, four behind Golf Today: Bay Hill Invitational 1998 final round scores (Wayback Machine)
120 started, 55 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bay Hill Invitational
Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Bay Hill Club, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
22 March 1998
I should have probably won that tournament, I don't think you ever forget things like that.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
22 March 1998
I was keen to go, ready to roll and had my putter going, This was my day in the sun.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
22 March 1998
I couldn't hit the shots I needed to hit, I made a lot of putts; unfortunately, they were all for par. You can't win golf tournaments that way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 67 · 69 · 65 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Jeff Maggert | 70 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Bob Estes | 69 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 70 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Craig Parry | 70 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | 67 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Andrew Magee | 69 · 74 · 70 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Craig Stadler | 70 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 74 · 73 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 2; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Bay Hill Invitational, week 12 of 1998); AP: "ranked No. 2 in the world").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet