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Sunday 28 February 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Hjertstedt wins Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 1999 · Gabriel Hjertstedt’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,750,000 USD · Touchstone Energy · Alternate event played opposite the WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship (Wikipedia schedule note; Golf Today).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/12°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/9°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/7°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 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
- Tommy Armour III USA · 276Birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to tie when Hjertstedt double-bogeyed the 72nd hole, then lost to Hjertstedt's birdie on the first playoff hole. Golf Today: Hjertstedt wins after playoff (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; unbylined wire-style report)
144 started · cut +1, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Gabriel Hjertstedt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report)
28 February 1999
I was thinking when I stood on the tee of the playoff hole, 'Let's do it right this time.'
Golf Today (unbylined report)
28 February 1999
It looked so easy to finish it off. It was very disappointing.
Golf Today (unbylined report)
28 February 1999
I was standing on the side, and I could tell. I watched it roll about this far from the hole. I looked at him and I could tell it went in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 67 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Tommy Armour III | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Mike Reid | 71 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Kirk Triplett | 69 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Barry Cheesman | 71 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Brent Geiberger | 72 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Corey Pavin | 71 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Nolan Henke | 71 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Scott Gump | 68 · 67 · 74 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | David Toms | 68 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Franklin Langham | 70 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Eric Rustand | 70 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1971-12-05, Umeå, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1990; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 226 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom 226 on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet