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Sunday 8 February 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Simpson wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Club, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 1998 · Scott Simpson’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,100,000 USD · Buick · Rain-shortened to 54 holes: heavy overnight rain delayed the resumption of the third round on Sunday 8 February and officials cut the event to 54 holes (Golf Today, AP).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 19 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/9°C · wind 40 km/h SSE, gusts 62 · 25.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 37 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 33 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 45.3 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
- Skip Kendall USA · 204Holed a 9-foot birdie putt at the last hole of regulation to force a playoff, then missed a short birdie putt on the first extra hole; his best finish in 108 tour starts. GOLFonline (AP): Simpson ends drought with playoff victory in shortened Buick Invitational, 8 Feb 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
153 started, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Club (South and North courses), Torrey Pines Golf Club, La Jolla, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Simpson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
8 February 1998
I definitely dodged a lot of bullets today, And I tell you, I didn't know if I would ever win again.
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
8 February 1998
I couldn't see it until I got right on top of it, I didn't want to step on it. I hit a lot of really good chips this week.
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
8 February 1998
I'm not going to lie, it hurts, But I'm happy with what I did this morning to get into the playoff.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Simpson | 69 · 71 · 64 | 204 | −12 |
| 2 | Skip Kendall | 71 · 63 · 70 | 204 | −12 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 62 · 73 · 70 | 205 | −11 |
| T3 | Kevin Sutherland | 68 · 67 · 70 | 205 | −11 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 66 · 68 | 205 | −11 |
| T6 | Russ Cochran | 67 · 70 · 69 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Steve Pate | 67 · 65 · 74 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Tommy Armour III | 67 · 73 · 66 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Steve Jurgensen | 63 · 73 · 70 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | J.L. Lewis | 70 · 67 · 69 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Spike McRoy | 70 · 66 · 70 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Brent Geiberger | 67 · 72 · 67 | 206 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1955-09-17, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1977; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 195 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 195 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet