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Sunday 4 July 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Motorola Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 1999 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD · Motorola
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/25°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/26°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 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
- Mike Weir CAN · 276cut Woods's lead to one stroke with birdies at the 3rd, 5th and 7th, but Woods answered at the 8th and Weir bogeyed the 10th, 13th and 14th for a 70, three back CNN/SI (AP): Tiger shows how Western is won - Woods easily wins title, regains No. 1 spot on Tour, July 4, 1999 (Wayback Machine)
149 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Motorola Western Open
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
CNN/SI (AP): Tiger shows how Western is won - Woods easily wins title, regains No. 1 spot on Tour, July 4, 1999 (Wayback Machine)
4 July 1999
I love feeling the pressure, I love it.
CNN/SI (AP): Tiger shows how Western is won - Woods easily wins title, regains No. 1 spot on Tour, July 4, 1999 (Wayback Machine)
4 July 1999
It was an important hole. From a confidence standpoint, that really made me feel pretty good. I could answer his birdie with one of my own. And it maybe let him know that I wasn't going to back off.
CNN/SI (AP): Tiger shows how Western is won - Woods easily wins title, regains No. 1 spot on Tour, July 4, 1999 (Wayback Machine)
4 July 1999
It's my third time this year being in the final group, first time playing with Tiger in the final group.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Mike Weir | 72 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Brent Geiberger | 70 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Dicky Pride | 71 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | John Maginnes | 69 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Chris Perry | 71 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Mike Reid | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Hal Sutton | 67 · 70 · 73 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Glen Day | 69 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Brian Henninger | 74 · 67 · 67 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Joe Ogilvie | 74 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore for "Mot'a Western O" (week 27/1999), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet