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Sunday 18 January 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Bermuda Dunes, California (region; the course comes with research) · Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 January 1998 · Fred Couples’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,300,000 USD · Chrysler · 90-hole pro-am played over five days (Wednesday-Sunday) on four courses; final round at Bermuda Dunes.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 32° 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
- Bruce Lietzke USA · 332Led by one on the 90th hole but left a 15-foot birdie putt high as Couples birdied to tie, then missed another 15-footer on the first playoff hole. GOLFonline (AP): Couples claims first victory in almost two years at Bob Hope, 18 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
128 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Indian Wells Country Club, PGA West (Palmer Course) and La Quinta Country Club, Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Bermuda Dunes, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 January 1998
And this year was very easy to play in front of 50 people instead of 5,000 cameras. And, I feel like that was a big advantage.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 January 1998
This is not the greatest win I have ever had, but it was a great time to win a tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 January 1998
I hit both putts, both in regulation, and in the playoff, exactly the way I wanted to. I misread both of them. So, I come away very disappointed.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 64 · 70 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 332 | −28 |
| 2 | Bruce Lietzke | 65 · 65 · 71 · 62 · 69 | 332 | −28 |
| 3 | Andrew Magee | 63 · 68 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 333 | −27 |
| T4 | Steve Jones | 66 · 70 · 65 · 65 · 69 | 335 | −25 |
| T4 | David Duval | 65 · 67 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 335 | −25 |
| T6 | Mark O'Meara | 67 · 67 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 336 | −24 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 65 · 67 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 336 | −24 |
| T8 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66 · 69 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 339 | −21 |
| T8 | Skip Kendall | 69 · 66 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 339 | −21 |
| T10 | Brad Fabel | 64 · 70 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 340 | −20 |
| T10 | Bob Tway | 65 · 68 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 340 | −20 |
| T10 | Mark Wiebe | 73 · 65 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 340 | −20 |
| T10 | Kirk Triplett | 71 · 67 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 340 | −20 |
| T10 | John Huston | 67 · 70 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 340 | −20 |
| T10 | Paul Stankowski | 69 · 69 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 340 | −20 |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 1; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 21 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet