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Sunday 10 January 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Duval wins Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 January 1999 · David Duval’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,600,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/21°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/20°C · wind 28 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/20°C · wind 33 km/h NE, gusts 45 · 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
- Mark O'Meara USA · 275Closed with a 68, the only round to equal Duval's that day, to tie for second nine strokes back. Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Bill Kwon; Paul Arnett): New year, same Duval, 11 Jan 1999
- Billy Mayfair USA · 275Closed with a 71 to tie for second, nine strokes behind. Golf Today: Duval rises to top again, wins by 9 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Duval
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 1999
I plan on playing till 40-ish or so, then opening up a little bookstore, coffee shop, and going fishing, you know.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
10 January 1999
Those guys are the Michael Jordans of our tour. David right now is our dominant guy. He's got it all. You can say all the superlatives.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
10 January 1999
I don't think I've ever gone like these guys are going. I don't think I have the talent that David Duval has. I don't have the talent that Tiger Woods has, I know that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 67 · 63 · 68 · 68 | 266 | −26 |
| T2 | Mark O'Meara | 70 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −17 |
| T2 | Billy Mayfair | 66 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −17 |
| 4 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 65 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −16 |
| T5 | Fred Funk | 66 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 277 | −15 |
| T5 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 277 | −15 |
| T5 | Justin Leonard | 68 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| 8 | Davis Love III | 69 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| 9 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 69 · 68 · 75 | 280 | −12 |
| 10 | Fred Couples | 69 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 281 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1971-11-09, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1993; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet