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Sunday 29 August 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Begay wins Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 1999 · Notah Begay III’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $2.75 million USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/17°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/16°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/15°C · wind 6 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/14°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 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
- Chris Perry USA · 277closed with 68 and birdied the 12th to get within one, but Begay birdied the 11th and 12th and parred in GOLFonline (AP): Reno-Tahoe Open final-round story, August 29, 1999 (Wayback copy, dead page)
- David Toms USA · 277closed with 69 to tie for second, three behind GOLFonline (AP): Reno-Tahoe Open final-round story, August 29, 1999 (Wayback copy, dead page)
149 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Notah Begay III
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback copy)
29 August 1999
Every single kid growing up playing golf wants to win a PGA tournament. I never knew how difficult that was until I got a chance to come out here and compete against these guys.
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback copy)
29 August 1999
The wheels were starting to get wobbly. I knew I had to do something,
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback copy)
29 August 1999
I wish I could have posted a lower score so he had to think about it a little bit more,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notah Begay III | 70 · 69 · 63 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Chris Perry | 68 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | David Toms | 68 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Fred Funk | 69 · 71 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | John Cook | 68 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Brandt Jobe | 69 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Dennis Paulson | 71 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Bob Tway | 69 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Russ Cochran | 72 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Mark Brooks | 71 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Emlyn Aubrey | 69 · 71 · 73 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Stewart Cink | 68 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Woody Austin | 68 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Steve Jones | 70 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Jonathan Kaye | 71 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Tom Scherrer | 67 · 70 · 69 · 76 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1972-09-14, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1995; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 567 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet