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Sunday 31 January 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Mediate wins Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 January 1999 · Rocco Mediate’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · First and second rounds were suspended and completed the following mornings (GOLFonline coverage index); final round 31 January as scheduled.
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/4°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/4°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/2°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/4°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 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
- Justin Leonard USA · 275Closed with a 66 from seven behind, birdied the 17th one group ahead but missed what he thought was the tying putt on the 18th. GOLFonline (AP, Mel Reisner): Mediate holds off Leonard, Woods for first win since 1993 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
130 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rocco Mediate
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (AP)
31 January 1999
I knew Justin was going to charge, which he has done in golf; Tiger did charge and just didn't make anything,
GOLFonline (AP)
31 January 1999
It was a stupid thing to say, but it got me going a little bit, and I roasted it off the tee at 13.
GOLFonline (AP)
31 January 1999
I'm sure I could find a couple shots in there somewhere, but it just wasn't in the cards,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocco Mediate | 69 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Justin Leonard | 67 · 75 · 67 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| 4 | Hal Sutton | 69 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| 5 | Bill Glasson | 69 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 72 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 72 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Kevin Wentworth | 72 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Harrison Frazar | 74 · 69 · 66 · 73 | 282 | −2 |
| T10 | Lee Janzen | 69 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | Dudley Hart | 75 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | J.P. Hayes | 70 · 71 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 74 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1962-12-17, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1985; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 110 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 110 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet