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Sunday 5 November 1978PGA TourYear in Review
Levi and Mann win Walt Disney World National Team Championship
Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Wayne Levi’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 200,000 (season table Purse US$) USD · end Nov 5, 1978 from the season table (Nov 5) and both winners' wins tables (Nov 5, 1978); start not sourced
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Bobby Wadkins and Lanny Wadkinssecond as a team, 3 strokes behind (event article winners table; Levi and Mann wins tables) Walt Disney World Golf Classic (read at /wiki/Walt_Disney_World_National_Team_Championship, a redirect) - Wikipedia
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Walt Disney World National Team Championship
Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Wayne Levi and Bob Mann
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Levi / Bob Mann | 64 · 65 · 62 · 63 | 254 | −34 |
The golfer
born 1952-02-22, Little Falls, New York; USA; turned pro 1973; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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