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Sunday 1 August 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Geiberger wins Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut · Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August 1999 · Brent Geiberger’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $2.5 million USD · Canon · final-round tee times moved up two hours, threesomes off the 1st and 10th tees, ahead of forecast thunderstorms
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/20°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/21°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R436°/24°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 34 · 2.1 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
- Skip Kendall USA · 265closed with 66 but was six or seven behind early on the back nine and, by his own account, playing for second ASAP Sports transcript: Skip Kendall, Canon Greater Hartford Open, August 1, 1999
150 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brent Geiberger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNN/SI (Wayback copy)
1 August 1999
Golf is such a humbling game that you always get knocked down and try to give yourself as many opportunities as you can,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 1999
Yeah, my dad could put a tape recorder on some of those. He was telling me to be patient
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 1999
He had such a big lead, it didn't really matter. I don't think it's quite Carnoustie.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Geiberger | 66 · 63 · 66 · 67 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Skip Kendall | 63 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 265 | −15 |
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67 · 67 · 68 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | Justin Leonard | 64 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | Ted Tryba | 72 · 64 · 62 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Peter Jordan | 64 · 65 · 71 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Dave Stockton | 68 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Stewart Cink | 64 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Tim Herron | 66 · 73 · 67 · 62 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Mike Springer | 63 · 73 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1968-05-22, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1993; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 70 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet