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Sunday 16 May 1999LPGA TourYear in Review
Mallon wins Sara Lee Classic
Hermitage Golf Course, Old Hickory, Tennessee · Friday 14 to Sunday 16 May 1999 · Meg Mallon’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $750,000 USD · Sara Lee
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Kris Tschetter USA · 200Led Mallon by a stroke on the 18th tee, but her drive bounced off a cart path and she bogeyed, her third bogey of the back nine Mallon takes title (AP, GOLFonline, May 16, 1999; via Wayback Machine)
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 200Two days after an opening 61, three-putted the 17th for bogey to lose the lead and missed an 18-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff; closed with a 71 Mallon takes title (AP, GOLFonline, May 16, 1999; via Wayback Machine)
144 started, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Sara Lee Classic
Hermitage Golf Course, Hermitage Golf Course, Old Hickory, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Meg Mallon
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
16 May 1999
This is obviously a bittersweet moment for our tour. The emotions just came out. As soon as the last putt fell, the whole thing just hit me.
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
16 May 1999
I didn't find my golf swing until the last five holes today, but it was a good time to find it.
AP via GOLFonline (Wayback Machine)
16 May 1999
It wasn't a misread, it was a bad putt.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg Mallon | 66 · 65 · 68 | 199 | −17 |
| T2 | Kris Tschetter | 66 · 64 · 70 | 200 | −16 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 61 · 68 · 71 | 200 | −16 |
| 4 | Michelle McGann | 63 · 65 · 73 | 201 | −15 |
| 5 | Mi Hyun Kim | 68 · 66 · 68 | 202 | −14 |
| T6 | Sherri Steinhauer | 68 · 68 · 67 | 203 | −13 |
| T6 | Karrie Webb | 72 · 66 · 65 | 203 | −13 |
| T8 | Nancy Scranton | 68 · 70 · 66 | 204 | −12 |
| T8 | Erika Wicoff | 69 · 67 · 68 | 204 | −12 |
| T10 | Dottie Pepper | 70 · 68 · 67 | 205 | −11 |
| T10 | Kathryn Marshall | 69 · 66 · 70 | 205 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1963-04-14, Natick, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet