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Monday 10 May 1999LPGA TourYear in Review
Webb wins Mercury Titleholders Championship
LPGA International, Champions Course, Daytona Beach, Florida · Thursday 6 to Monday 10 May 1999 · Karrie Webb’s win no. 14 on the LPGA Tour · purse $900,000 USD · Mercury · Three storm delays (including a 3 1/2-hour delay on Sunday); the final round was halted by darkness on Sunday May 9 and completed on Monday May 10
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/22°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 39 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/20°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 44 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/19°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 24 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R529°/19°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 274One off the lead when play resumed Monday, played her first seven holes in 1 over, then holed a 35-foot eagle putt at the last for a 70 to finish alone in second Webb sets course record to win, by Doug Ferguson (AP, GOLFonline, May 10, 1999; via Wayback Machine)
144 started, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Mercury Titleholders Championship
LPGA International, Champions Course, LPGA International, Champions Course, Daytona Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Karrie Webb
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
10 May 1999
I'm going to keep riding it as long as it goes. Things are just going right for me.
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
10 May 1999
I started thinking maybe it wasn't meant to be. But then everything starting going from where it left off yesterday.
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
10 May 1999
I knew what I needed to do, I just didn't hit my irons as good as I needed to. I consider 14-under a good score here. When you have someone like Karrie playing so well, it's tough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb | 69 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Meg Mallon | 69 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Laura Davies | 72 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Becky Iverson | 68 · 66 · 66 · 76 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Chris Johnson | 75 · 63 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Kris Tschetter | 68 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Sherri Steinhauer | 74 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Val Skinner | 73 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Rosie Jones | 71 · 68 · 66 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet