Golf Network News
Sunday 25 January 1998European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Johnnie Walker Classic
Blue Canyon Country Club, Phuket, Thailand · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 January 1998 · purse £750,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/25°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/24°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/25°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/26°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 32 · 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 279Led for three days (12 under after 36 holes), three-putted the 16th and bogeyed the 17th, holed a 15-foot birdie at the 72nd to make the playoff, then lost at the second extra hole. Golf Today - Johnnie Walker Classic 1998 final round report
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
Blue Canyon Country Club, Blue Canyon Country Club, Phuket, Thailand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Mark Garrod)
26 January 1998
It was amazing. I never thought I would win. I thought the winning score would be 11 or 12 under.
Golf Today (unbylined final-round report)
25 January 1998
I made sure I hit the last three as hard as I could to get the nervous energy out of me, but I was pretty pumped up at the first playoff hole.
Golf Today (unbylined final-round report)
25 January 1998
It all started to go wrong at the 16th in regulation play where I three-putted
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 67 · 65 · 74 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Andrew Coltart | 71 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 71 · 66 · 73 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Alex Cejka | 67 · 68 · 74 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Peter O'Malley | 69 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Stephen Leaney | 70 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 67 · 73 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Prayad Marksaeng | 67 · 72 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 71 · 67 · 69 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 22 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore 1 (week 4, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today "World number one", The Independent "the world's No 1 golfer". Age 22 stated by The Independent and Golf Today. tour_wins_to_date null: not a European Tour member (season table "(n/a)"). majors_to_date 1 = Wikipedia (first major the 1997 Masters; Golf Today "the U.S. Masters champion").).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet