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Sunday 2 August 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 1998 · Nick Price’s win no. 17 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.8 million USD · FedEx
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Jeff Sluman USA · 268bogey-free 65 to post 16-under, but Price eagled the 16th and Sluman drove into the water on the second playoff hole (the 12th); his 11th career runner-up finish GOLFonline: Price tops Sluman in playoff to win FedEx St. Jude Classic (AP, Tom Sharp) (Wayback)
150 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Classic
Tournament Players Club at Southwind, TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
2 August 1998
This turns my year around,
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
2 August 1998
That's the best I've ever done any week on any hole in my career,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 1998
What went through my head? How about 0 for 5? I was 0 for 4 in the playoffs going in for this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 65 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Jeff Sluman | 70 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Glen Day | 69 · 64 · 72 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | Bob Estes | 68 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Tim Conley | 68 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| 6 | Paul Goydos | 72 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 65 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 70 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Robert Damron | 68 · 74 · 66 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 3; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet