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Sunday 19 August 1979PGA TourYear in Review

Renner wins Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic

Westchester, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Jack Renner’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 400,000 (season table Purse US$ column; event article winners table Purse 400,000) USD · end date from season table (Aug 19) and winner's wins table (Aug 19, 1979); start not found

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

13 h 32 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning 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

Same week

PGA Tour event

Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic

Westchester, New York

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Jack Renner

277Total
−7To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Jack Renner69 · 71 · 70 · 67277−7
The golfer

born 1956-07-06, Palm Springs, California; USA; turned pro 1976; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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