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Sunday 6 June 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 June 1999 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,550,000 USD
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/11°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 275started two back, cut the lead to one at the 11th, but Woods matched his birdie at the 12th and chipped in for par at the 14th while Singh bogeyed it from a bunker; closed with a 69 Golf Today: Woods scrambles to win by 2 over Singh - Memorial Tournament 1999 (AP report; Wayback Machine)
105 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports: The Memorial Tournament, June 6, 1999 - Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods
6 June 1999
Growing up as a kid, I used to go throw golf balls in the trees and try to make pars and birdies from them.
ASAP Sports: The Memorial Tournament, June 6, 1999 - Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods
6 June 1999
But I grew up watching Jack. And to watch him and, you know, try and beat his accomplishments growing up as a kid, to this day you're still trying. He set the bar very high.
ASAP Sports: The Memorial Tournament, June 6, 1999 - Vijay Singh
6 June 1999
I'm very disappointed finishing second. I thought I was going to win. I played better golf than Tiger did today and he won. He scored when he needed to.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Olin Browne | 72 · 70 · 72 · 65 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Carlos Franco | 74 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | David Duval | 72 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | Dennis Paulson | 68 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Bill Glasson | 70 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 69 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Justin Leonard | 68 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Kaname Yokoo | 73 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore for "Memorial Tourn't" (week 23/1999), OWGR player profile (AP: Woods and Duval were No. 2 and No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet