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Sunday 26 July 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Pate wins CVS Charity Classic
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July 1998 · Steve Pate’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.5 million USD · CVS
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 9.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/15°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0 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 Hoch USA · 270closed with a 65 and finished more than an hour before Pate; put his 72nd-hole approach 15 feet past and two-putted for par GOLFonline: Car crash, bad hole can't stop Pate (AP, Howard Ulman) (Wayback)
- Bradley Hughes AUS · 270birdied the last four holes for a 66, one stroke short GOLFonline: Car crash, bad hole can't stop Pate (AP, Howard Ulman) (Wayback)
148 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
CVS Charity Classic
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Pate
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
26 July 1998
It would have been nice to have a little prettier finish,
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
26 July 1998
Last year was basically like starting over,
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
26 July 1998
The wedge game is my bread and butter and I expected to have that within five feet.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Pate | 70 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Scott Hoch | 68 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Bradley Hughes | 68 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Willie Wood | 64 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Nolan Henke | 69 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Mike Heinen | 74 · 65 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Bill Glasson | 69 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 71 · 70 · 65 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Mark Wiebe | 69 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Esteban Toledo | 69 · 71 · 68 · 64 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Dave Stockton | 67 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1961-05-26, Ventura, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1983; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 112 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet