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Sunday 3 October 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Toms wins Buick Challenge
Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 September to Sunday 3 October 1999 · David Toms’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.8 million USD · Buick
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 274double-bogeyed the 1st (drive into the woods) to fall five behind and made another double at the 14th; birdied two of the last three for 71, three back Golf Today: Toms coasts to three shot win (final-round report, Wayback Machine copy; site defunct)
148 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Challenge
Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Toms
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report)
3 October 1999
I had no idea I would win
Golf Today (unbylined report)
3 October 1999
They massaged out all the knots. I owe them a lot.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
3 October 1999
My giving him a nice opening hole was not what I had planned. It's hard to make up a deficit from there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Toms | 68 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 64 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Jay Delsing | 70 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Craig Barlow | 71 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 70 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Dan Forsman | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Rocco Mediate | 70 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Scott Gump | 67 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Greg Kraft | 71 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | John Maginnes | 70 · 71 · 64 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 73 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1967-01-04, Monroe, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1989; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 34 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1999, week 40)).
What’s in the bag
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