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Sunday 5 April 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Westwood wins Freeport-McDermott Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 1998 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,700,000 USD · Freeport-McDermott
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 23 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/19°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/11°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 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
- Steve Flesch USA · 276Left-handed rookie, led after two rounds and began one back; a round of one birdie and steady pars (71) left him three behind GOLFonline (AP, Mary Foster): Freeport*McDermott title goes Westwood to rising British star, 1998-04-05 (Wayback Machine)
141 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Freeport-McDermott Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline
5 April 1998
My nan and I both made some money, didn't we,
Associated Press via GOLFonline
5 April 1998
I got the killer blows on 10 and 11, That 40-footer won it for me. It's a case of driving the nail in when you can.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
5 April 1998
I knew the way Lee has been playing I was going to have to go out there and shoot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Steve Flesch | 66 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Mark Wiebe | 69 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Jim Carter | 68 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Steve Lowery | 72 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Glen Day | 64 · 75 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| 7 | Duffy Waldorf | 67 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Ian Woosnam | 70 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Trevor Dodds | 67 · 72 · 71 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Bob Estes | 70 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Lee Rinker | 71 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Freeport McDermott Classic, week 14 of 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet