Golf Network News
Sunday 28 August 1983PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins World Series of Golf
Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Nick Price’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 (season table Purse US$ column) USD · end date from season table (Aug 28) and winner's wins table (28 Aug 1983); 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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Jack Nicklausfinished four strokes behind Price (winner's wins table; SI Sept 5, 1983: 'by an easy four strokes over runner-up Jack Nicklaus') Nick Price - Wikipedia
41 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
5 September 1983 From the print archive
All I wanted to do was prove I could play golf without choking,
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback capture 2019-08-24; no metered/isAccessibleForFree flags in capture)
5 September 1983
I've thought about that British Open a lot. I don't think I choked, but I don't know what else you can call a couple of bad tee shots.
Sports Illustrated
5 September 1983 From the print archive
I was happy to win it, but I've never really known what I won.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 66 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; turned pro 1977; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet