The weather

10 h 12 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R118°/3°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R219°/2°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R321°/3°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R422°/4°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 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

• Steve Pate USA · 272Shot 64 and shared the lead at 13 under with a hole to go, then went over the 18th green and bogeyed. GOLFonline (AP): Parnevik wins Phoenix Open for first U.S. victory, 25 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
• Tommy Armour III USA · 272Shot 64 and shared the lead at 13 under with a hole to go, then pulled his tee shot at the 18th into a lake and bogeyed. GOLFonline (AP): Parnevik wins Phoenix Open for first U.S. victory, 25 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
• Brent Geiberger USA · 272Started four back and closed with a 66 to tie for second, three behind. GOLFonline (AP): Parnevik wins Phoenix Open for first U.S. victory, 25 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
• Tom Watson USA · 272Started four back and closed with a 66, holing a 45-footer at the first, to tie for second, three behind. GOLFonline (AP): Parnevik wins Phoenix Open for first U.S. victory, 25 Jan 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)

130 started, 72 made it

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