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Sunday 18 October 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Furyk wins Las Vegas Invitational
TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada · Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 October 1998 · Jim Furyk’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $2 million USD · 90-hole (five-round) event
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/11°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/9°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R524°/9°C · wind 13 km/h N, 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
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 336trailed by six with eight holes left, birdied five of the last eight holes for a 66 but finished one behind when Furyk got up and down from a greenside bunker at the 18th Las Vegas Sun: Furyk hangs on at LVI (Brian Hilderbrand, 1998-10-19)
143 started, 74 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Las Vegas Invitational
TPC at Summerlin, TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Furyk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun (Brian Hilderbrand)
18 October 1998
I think the last time I was ahead by six shots was probably in high school.
Las Vegas Sun (Brian Hilderbrand)
18 October 1998
Now that I have done it again, I still haven't figured it out -- that's a lot of birdies.
Las Vegas Sun (Brian Hilderbrand)
18 October 1998
Standing on the 16th green, I kind of thought, 'Well, I still might have a shot here,'
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 68 · 69 · 63 · 68 | 335 | −25 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 65 · 71 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 336 | −24 |
| 3 | Scott Verplank | 67 · 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 338 | −22 |
| 4 | Bob Tway | 68 · 65 · 69 · 72 · 65 | 339 | −21 |
| 5 | Davis Love III | 70 · 66 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 340 | −20 |
| T6 | Paul Stankowski | 67 · 71 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 341 | −19 |
| T6 | Justin Leonard | 70 · 66 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 341 | −19 |
| T8 | Rick Fehr | 69 · 65 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 342 | −18 |
| T8 | Kirk Triplett | 70 · 65 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 342 | −18 |
| T10 | Brandel Chamblee | 69 · 68 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 343 | −17 |
| T10 | Kevin Wentworth | 71 · 70 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 343 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, West Chester, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1992; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (1998)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet