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Sunday 30 August 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Duval wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 1998 · David Duval’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $2.25 million USD · NEC
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 60 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/17°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 14 km/h W, 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
- Phil Mickelson USA · 271stuck in a run of 14 straight pars, closed with 68; his bladed wedge from the fringe stopped on the lip at the last AP (Rusty Miller): At crunch time, Duval runs away with World Series title – GOLFonline (Wayback)
44 started, 43 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Duval
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 1998
You've got to have a lot of arrogance to say you're better than Tiger Woods and better than Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard and I just don't have enough arrogance to do that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 1998
You have to be a proven champ. You have to have won golf tournaments. To then beat everybody who is in this field and to look at the final leader board, I'm real excited about that.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
30 August 1998
There's no mystery to why he's at the level he is. He and a couple of other guys are the future of golf. That's the way it is.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 69 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Davis Love III | 71 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| 4 | John Cook | 71 · 69 · 62 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
| T5 | Loren Roberts | 72 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T5 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Mark O'Meara | 72 · 67 · 65 · 72 | 276 | −4 |
| T7 | Joe Durant | 73 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Scott Hoch | 70 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 279 | |
| T9 | Craig Parry | 67 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1971-11-09, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1993; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1998 week 35); age stated by AP; majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia infobox lists his only major win as the 2001 Open).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet