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Sunday 14 June 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Hayes wins Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June 1998 · J.P. Hayes’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.8 million USD · Buick · weather: shortened to 54 holes because heavy rain and lightning prevented Friday's second round from being completed until Sunday morning
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 17.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/17°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/17°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 11.9 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 201eagled the 54th (final) hole to take a momentary lead, Hayes birdied to tie; Furyk lost the playoff on the first extra hole after hooking his second shot into deep rough GOLFonline: Hayes defeats Furyk in playoff to claim Buick Classic, 1st PGA Tour victory (AP, Joel Stashenko) (Wayback)
151 started, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Classic
Westchester Country Club, Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
J.P. Hayes
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
14 June 1998
I thought in that situation I'd be throwing up all over myself.
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
14 June 1998
This will be the first year in eight or nine years I am not going to fill out an application for qualifying school,
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
14 June 1998
When you lose in a playoff and you have a chance to win, second isn't good enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.P. Hayes | 66 · 67 · 68 | 201 | −12 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 63 · 68 | 201 | −12 |
| 3 | Tom Lehman | 67 · 72 · 65 | 204 | −9 |
| 4 | Bruce Fleisher | 68 · 68 · 69 | 205 | −8 |
| T5 | Tom Byrum | 69 · 71 · 66 | 206 | −7 |
| T5 | Jeff Maggert | 68 · 71 · 67 | 206 | −7 |
| T7 | Bob Tway | 66 · 70 · 71 | 207 | −6 |
| T7 | Kevin Sutherland | 64 · 70 · 73 | 207 | −6 |
| 9 | Steve Lowery | 66 · 72 · 70 | 208 | −5 |
| T10 | Chris Perry | 72 · 69 · 68 | 209 | −4 |
| T10 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 67 · 73 | 209 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1965-08-02, Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1989; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 289 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet