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Sunday 2 May 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas · Thursday 29 April to Sunday 2 May 1999 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD · Shell
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/17°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/17°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 42 · 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
- Hal Sutton USA · 280Led by two after 54 holes; missed a 3-foot par putt at the 16th, bogeyed the 17th and missed a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th to force a playoff (closing 75) Golf Today: Appleby wins as Sutton falters (Wayback Machine, 2000-06-05)
- John Cook USA · 280Found water at the 13th and a bunker at the 14th for bogeys, then holed out from a bunker at 16 and birdied 17, but left a birdie putt at the 18th short (closing 70) Golf Today: Appleby wins as Sutton falters (Wayback Machine, 2000-06-05)
148 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report)
2 May 1999
She gave me the strength today, It's not just a golf game which makes you win a tournament.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
2 May 1999
She's going to be with me forever no matter what I do,
Golf Today (unbylined report)
2 May 1999
If somebody had to beat me, I was happy it was Stuart, He has been through a lot and I can certainly understand how much meaning this has for him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | John Cook | 68 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Hal Sutton | 68 · 68 · 69 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| 4 | Mark Wiebe | 69 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Loren Roberts | 72 · 69 · 67 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Clark Dennis | 72 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Jonathan Kaye | 74 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | J.P. Hayes | 72 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Scott Hoch | 73 · 70 · 67 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Larry Mize | 70 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Joey Sindelar | 68 · 68 · 71 · 77 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Esteban Toledo | 69 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Bradley Hughes | 72 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Brian Watts | 70 · 70 · 69 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Frank Lickliter | 71 · 68 · 69 · 76 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 35 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Shell Houston Open, week 18 of 1999)).
What’s in the bag
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