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Sunday 21 February 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 February 1999 · Ernie Els’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,800,000 USD · Nissan
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/10°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/9°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/11°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 272Needing a birdie at the 18th to force a playoff, he left the blade open on his approach, which bounced into a concession stand, and bogeyed. Golf Today: Els beats the best to win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
- Ted Tryba USA · 272Led by two after a Riviera-record 61 in round three, closed with a 72 and bogeyed the 18th from the rough when a birdie would have forced a playoff. Golf Today: Els beats the best to win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
- Davis Love III USA · 272Started the day tied with Els and Woods two behind Tryba; closed with a 70, parring the last. Golf Today: Els beats the best to win (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
144 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report)
21 February 1999
When you have players of that calibre in the field and you come out on top, it's very satisfying. I will remember this as one of my good ones,
Golf Today (unbylined report)
21 February 1999
I have given Tiger chances before and he's taken them,
Golf Today (unbylined report)
21 February 1999
I left the blade wide open and it caught the wind,
Golf Today (unbylined report)
21 February 1999
I showed myself that when I'm playing well, I can play with the best players in the world,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 68 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Ted Tryba | 70 · 69 · 61 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Davis Love III | 69 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | Nick Price | 67 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | David Duval | 66 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 71 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Bob Estes | 66 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Mark Brooks | 68 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Jerry Kelly | 68 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Frank Lickliter | 71 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 2; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 7 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
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