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Sunday 26 September 1999PGA TourYear in Review
Waldorf wins Westin Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September 1999 · Duffy Waldorf’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $2 million USD · Westin
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ted Tryba USA · 270led by one after birdieing the 16th but bogeyed the 17th, then bunkered his approach on the first playoff hole and watched Waldorf hole a 45-foot birdie putt CNN/SI (AP): Waldorf wins Westin Texas Open in playoff (Sep 26, 1999; Wayback copy, dead page)
146 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Westin Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club (Resort Course), La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Duffy Waldorf
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNN/SI (Wayback copy)
26 September 1999
From the hinterlands. I was just hoping to get the right speed on it and lag it in there.
AP via CNN/SI (Wayback copy)
26 September 1999
I just kind of hung around, hung around, got in there at the end. I hadn't really thought about winning either one, then all of a sudden I've got two.
AP via CNN/SI (Wayback copy)
26 September 1999
I'm sure that's probably a putt he'll remember for the rest of his life. That's what exciting tournaments are made of.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duffy Waldorf | 68 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Ted Tryba | 69 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Brent Geiberger | 66 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 4 | Rich Beem | 65 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Jay Haas | 69 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Brian Henninger | 68 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Mike Reid | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Stephen Ames | 64 · 69 · 67 · 75 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Jeff Brehaut | 67 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Larry Mize | 71 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Steve Elkington | 68 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1962-08-20, Los Angeles, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1985; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 82 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom).
What’s in the bag
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