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Sunday 9 August 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Mayfair wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 August 1998 · Billy Mayfair’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.8 million USD · Buick
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 27.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 26.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/21°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 40 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 10.8 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
- Scott Verplank USA · 273closed with 64, chipping in at the 17th, but Mayfair led wire-to-wire on Sunday with a bogey-free 67 AP (Harry Atkins): Mayfair wins by two over Verplank at Buick Open – GOLFonline (Wayback)
148 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Mayfair
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
9 August 1998
That chip on No. 2 was a trigger. I thought, 'Well, maybe it's really my week.'
Associated Press via GOLFonline
9 August 1998
Obviously, this was way past my expectations. It's a crazy game we play.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
9 August 1998
I really had nothing to lose and I kind of played that way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Mayfair | 70 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Scott Verplank | 71 · 67 · 71 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Andrew Magee | 69 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Eric Booker | 71 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Joey Sindelar | 69 · 71 · 72 · 64 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | 69 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Phil Blackmar | 67 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Brandel Chamblee | 65 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Jeff Gallagher | 70 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1966-08-06, Phoenix, Arizona; USA; turned pro 1988; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 61 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1998 week 32); age = sourced birth date (Wikipedia) subtracted from sourced event dates (AP)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet