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Monday 14 June 1999PGA TourYear in Review

Tryba wins FedEx St. Jude Classic

TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 10 to Monday 14 June 1999 · Ted Tryba’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD · FedEx · Final round suspended by heavy rain on Sunday, June 13 (24 of 76 players had finished) and completed Monday, June 14.

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 20 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R133°/22°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R233°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R328°/22°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R428°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R528°/22°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 6.2 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

149 started, 76 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

FedEx St. Jude Classic

TPC at Southwind, TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Ted Tryba

265Total
−19To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today: Tryba wins rain-delayed St. Jude / Rain forces postponement of final round - Federal Express St Jude Classic 1999 (AP reports; Wayback Machine)

This was a nice one to win because you didn't just back in. You went out and shot 66 and just grabbed it. It felt great

Ted Tryba, quoted in Golf Today: Tryba wins rain-delayed St. Jude / Rain forces postponement of final round - Federal Express St Jude Classic 1999 (AP reports; Wayback Machine), 14 June 1999. The report

ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 14, 1999 - Ted Tryba

He says, Cousin, you must -- you must take your time out there. He told me to just take my time.

Ted Tryba, quoted in ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 14, 1999 - Ted Tryba, 14 June 1999. The report

ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 14, 1999 - Tom Lehman

So I'm a little disappointed, but Ted Tryba played awfully well, and I give him a lot of credit.

Tom Lehman, quoted in ASAP Sports: FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 14, 1999 - Tom Lehman, 14 June 1999. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Ted Tryba68 · 64 · 67 · 66265−19
T2Tom Lehman63 · 68 · 68 · 68267−17
T2Tim Herron67 · 66 · 66 · 68267−17
T4Jose Maria Olazabal68 · 68 · 70 · 62268−16
T4Kevin Wentworth69 · 69 · 63 · 67268−16
T6Paul Azinger66 · 70 · 69 · 65270−14
T6Rick Fehr66 · 69 · 66 · 69270
T6Hal Sutton63 · 67 · 69 · 71270−14
T6Kevin Sutherland69 · 65 · 66 · 70270
T10Davis Love III67 · 68 · 68 · 68271
T10Miguel Angel Jimenez68 · 67 · 71 · 65271
T10Brett Quigley70 · 65 · 66 · 70271
T10Omar Uresti65 · 67 · 68 · 71271
T10Frank Lickliter65 · 71 · 66 · 69271
The golfer

born 1967-01-15, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1989; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 133 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'FedEx St.Jude Cl' (week 24/1999), OWGR player profile).

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