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Sunday 22 February 1998PGA TourYear in Review
Duval wins Tucson Chrysler Classic
Omni Tucson National Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 February 1998 · David Duval’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Chrysler
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/2°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/6°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 11.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/5°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/6°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Justin Leonard USA · 273Duval's playing partner; came back from six behind to share the lead at the 15th, then bogeyed the 16th and the 18th and closed with a 70. GOLFonline (AP): Duval stumbles, then recovers to win Tucson Chrysler Classic, 22 Feb 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
- David Toms USA · 273Closed with a 68 despite a double bogey at the 10th after his approach hit a sprinkler head, and bogeyed the last hole. GOLFonline (AP): Duval stumbles, then recovers to win Tucson Chrysler Classic, 22 Feb 1998 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
142 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tucson Chrysler Classic
Omni Tucson National Golf Course, Omni Tucson National Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Duval
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
22 February 1998
After I bogeyed 14, my thought was now I had nothing to protect. So I had to go out and try to take it, whereas all day long people were trying to take it from me.
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
22 February 1998
I hung in there somehow, and I think that's the important thing,
GOLFonline (Associated Press)
22 February 1998
It just shows you how funny this game is, and how strange things can happen,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 66 · 62 · 68 · 73 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | David Toms | 70 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Justin Leonard | 65 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Steve Lowery | 68 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Tim Herron | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Andrew Magee | 69 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Bob Tway | 70 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Tom Lehman | 66 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Scott Hoch | 69 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Steve Pate | 70 · 66 · 72 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Joey Sindelar | 72 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Tommy Tolles | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1971-11-09, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1993; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 11 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet