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Sunday 28 October 1979PGA TourYear in Review
Burns and Crenshaw win Walt Disney World National Team Championship
Florida (region; the course comes with research) · George Burns’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 250,000 (season table Purse US$) USD · end Oct 28, 1979 from the season table (Oct 28) and both winners' wins tables (Oct 28, 1979); 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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Peter Jacobsen and D. A. Weibringtied second team, 3 strokes behind (event article and both winners' wins tables); team totals not printed on pages read Walt Disney World Golf Classic (read at /wiki/Walt_Disney_World_National_Team_Championship) - Wikipedia
- Jeff Hewes and Sammy Rachelstied second team, 3 strokes behind (event article and both winners' wins tables); team totals not printed on pages read Walt Disney World Golf Classic (read at /wiki/Walt_Disney_World_National_Team_Championship) - Wikipedia
- Scott Bess and Dan Halldorsontied second team, 3 strokes behind (event article and both winners' wins tables); team totals not printed on pages read Walt Disney World Golf Classic (read at /wiki/Walt_Disney_World_National_Team_Championship) - 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
George Burns and Ben Crenshaw
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Burns and Ben Crenshaw | 62 · 66 · 62 · 65 | 255 | −33 |
The golfer
born 1949-07-29, Brooklyn, New York; USA; turned pro 1975; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet