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Sunday 31 October 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Tour Championship
Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 October 1999 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $5 million USD · No play Friday Oct. 29 (memorial service for Payne Stewart in Orlando); 27 holes were played Saturday.
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/11°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 15.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/8°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 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
- Davis Love III USA · 273opened 64 but a third-round 73 left him chasing; closed 67 and finished four strokes back Golf Today: Woods wins seventh PGA title of year (final-round report, Wayback Machine copy; site defunct)
29 started, 29 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship
Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course), Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 October 1999
I figured you don't have to wear knickers in order to honor and feel resolve for someone.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 October 1999
It's been a very draining week, and I can honestly say I'm pretty drained.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 October 1999
I didn't like Tiger hitting his 3-wood by me on every hole, but other than that, I enjoyed it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | 64 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | Brent Geiberger | 68 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| 4 | Chris Perry | 70 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Fred Funk | 66 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Jeff Sluman | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Duffy Waldorf | 66 · 74 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | John Huston | 68 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Hal Sutton | 72 · 70 · 64 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | 74 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 277 | −7 |
| T9 | Tim Herron | 66 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1999, week 44)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet