The weather

9 h 58 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R116°/10°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R216°/12°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 27.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R316°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 17.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R416°/12°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0.6 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

• Tiger Woods USA · 272Shot 64, eagling the ninth and briefly sharing the lead at 14 under, but managed only two more birdies over the closing holes and finished one behind. GOLFonline: Mickelson holds off Woods, O'Meara to win Mercedes Championships, 11 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit)
• Mark O'Meara USA · 272Shot 64 alongside Woods, birdieing six of the first 10 holes to share the lead, then holed a long birdie putt at the 18th to tie for second, one behind. GOLFonline: Mickelson holds off Woods, O'Meara to win Mercedes Championships, 11 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit)

30 started, 30 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.