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Sunday 7 June 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Kemper Open
TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 June 1998 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $2 million USD · Kemper
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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Scott Hoch USA · 275birdied the 72nd hole from 4 feet for a 70 to post 9-under in the clubhouse; Appleby parred the last two holes to win by one GOLFonline: Appleby holds on to win Kemper Open by one over Hoch (AP, Ron Sirak) (Wayback)
147 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Kemper Open
Tournament Players Club at Avenel, TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
7 June 1998
That hole was playing brutally long with the wind, and the rain had started,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 1998
we practice so much that really once you get over the ball, then you've just got to relax and be patient, pull the trigger.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 1998
He just beat my butt here and everybody else's. So as they say, the future's ahead of him. A Doogeyism.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 63 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Scott Hoch | 69 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Brad Fabel | 69 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Fred Funk | 64 · 66 · 71 · 77 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | 68 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Clark Dennis | 70 · 65 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Tommy Tolles | 70 · 68 · 66 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Hal Sutton | 69 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Craig Parry | 67 · 66 · 76 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | 70 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 48 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet