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Sunday 14 March 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Singh wins Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 March 1999 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $2.6 million USD · Honda
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/13°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 36 km/h S, gusts 65 · 2.8 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
- Payne Stewart USA · 279Closed with a 70 to finish two behind Singh; never led on the final day, which Eric Booker lost with a back-nine 42 GOLFonline (AP): Singh wins by two when leader folds, 1999-03-14 (Wayback Machine)
- Eric Booker USA · 280Led since Friday and by four with 10 to play, then double-bogeyed the 10th and the 16th (chunked 2-iron into a bunker, three-putted) for a 77; tied third GOLFonline (AP): Singh wins by two when leader folds, 1999-03-14 (Wayback Machine)
140 started, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
TPC at Heron Bay, TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 March 1999
I feel good. Pretty unexpected.
Associated Press via GOLFonline
14 March 1999
I'm a good player, you know? In windy conditions you have to hit the ball very, very solid, and I did.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 March 1999
I'm disappointed, yeah. I think Jim just told me I made $124,000; is that right? That's my biggest paycheck,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Payne Stewart | 70 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | 68 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Eric Booker | 65 · 66 · 72 · 77 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Carlos Franco | 72 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Doug Dunakey | 70 · 65 · 75 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Hal Sutton | 64 · 73 · 76 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Tommy Tolles | 70 · 66 · 69 · 77 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Dudley Hart | 70 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | 69 · 70 · 69 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Chris Riley | 69 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Honda Classic, week 11 of 1999)).
What’s in the bag
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