Golf Network News
Sunday 15 August 1999Men’s majorsYear in Review
Woods wins PGA Championship
Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 1999 · purse $3,500,000 · winner's share $630,000
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 53 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/14°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/12°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 74 (cut at 146) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Medinah Country Club (No. 3), Medinah
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sergio Garcia
The golfer
b. 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, USA; United States; age 23 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet