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Sunday 7 March 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster), Miami, Florida · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 March 1999 · Steve Elkington’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Ryder
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 26 km/h N, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 21 km/h ENE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/19°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/17°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 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
- Greg Kraft USA · 276Needing par at the 18th to force a playoff, hit a fat 5-iron into the water short of the green and got up and down for bogey (closing 71), one shot back GOLFonline (AP): Elkington wins as Els, Kraft falter on 18, 1999-03-07 (Wayback Machine)
140 started, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Blue Monster, Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster), Miami, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Elkington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 1999
How about that? Pretty lucky, wasn't it? But I will take it.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
7 March 1999
I'm not a club-thrower. I was just a little frustrated. Who wouldn't be? I didn't want to leave any crumbs out there.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
7 March 1999
That's going to leave a taste in my mouth I won't forget for a long time,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Elkington | 72 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Greg Kraft | 68 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Jay Haas | 70 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Tommy Armour III | 67 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 71 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Scott Dunlap | 67 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | David Toms | 70 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Danny Briggs | 71 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | P.H. Horgan III | 69 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Nick Price | 72 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Glen Day | 69 · 71 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Guy Hill | 71 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 69 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Greg Chalmers | 71 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1962-12-08, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1985; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Doral Ryder Open, week 10 of 1999)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet