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Sunday 28 March 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Duval wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 1999 · David Duval’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/9°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/7°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 31 · 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
- Scott Gump USA · 287Hit an 8-iron into the water at the island-green 17th for a double bogey, then birdied the 18th for a 71 to finish two behind Golf Today: Duval reigns at TPC, now No. 1 in world (Wayback Machine, 1999-10-10)
145 started · cut +4, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Duval
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 1999
That's all I tried to do was grab the club and hit it.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
28 March 1999
It has turned into a dream year already, and it's only March,
St. Petersburg Times (Scott Purks, staff)
27 March 1999
We are getting kicked around,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 1999
There were so many train wrecks out there that I was just one of many.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 69 · 69 · 74 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| 2 | Scott Gump | 72 · 74 · 70 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| 3 | Nick Price | 74 · 67 · 74 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T4 | Fred Couples | 77 · 71 · 73 · 68 | 289 | +1 |
| T4 | Hal Sutton | 69 · 74 · 73 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T6 | Scott Hoch | 72 · 70 · 73 · 75 | 290 | +2 |
| T6 | Mark O'Meara | 72 · 73 · 71 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 73 · 69 · 75 · 73 | 290 | +2 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | 73 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Mark Brooks | 71 · 77 · 71 · 72 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Mark Calcavecchia | 76 · 70 · 72 · 73 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Joey Sindelar | 72 · 71 · 74 · 74 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Joe Ozaki | 69 · 68 · 81 · 73 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Skip Kendall | 70 · 73 · 70 · 78 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 70 · 70 · 78 · 73 | 291 | +3 |
| T10 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 71 · 75 · 75 | 291 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1971-11-09, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1993; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 0; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (Players Championship, week 13 of 1999); Golf Today: the win made him No. 1).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet