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Sunday 10 May 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins BellSouth Classic
TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 May 1998 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · BellSouth
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 50 · 37.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/16°C · wind 30 km/h W, gusts 61 · 6.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/17°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Jay Don Blake USA · 272Three behind entering the final round; closed with a 70 and his 20-foot birdie putt to tie at the 18th slid right GOLFonline (AP, Tom Saladino): Woods captures BellSouth Classic for first PGA Tour win in 10 months, 1998-05-10 (Wayback Machine)
153 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BellSouth Classic
TPC at Sugarloaf, TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 May 1998
I didn't play all that great, but I got a couple of lucky breaks, which is what it takes, The only reason I won today is I got lucky breaks.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 May 1998
When I got past 11 and nobody was going (shooting) low, I felt I had a chance, The rest of the holes were downwind and I knew I would get a birdie somewhere.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
10 May 1998
I'm sure he (Woods) wasn't pleased with the way he played, but I didn't do anything to get him,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 67 · 63 · 72 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Jay Don Blake | 67 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Esteban Toledo | 66 · 75 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Steve Flesch | 66 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Bill Glasson | 68 · 73 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Bob Tway | 73 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Scott Verplank | 67 · 74 · 69 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | John Huston | 68 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | 67 · 71 · 65 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Trevor Dodds | 71 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Clark Dennis | 72 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (BellSouth Classic, week 19 of 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet