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Sunday 6 July 1986PGA TourYear in Review
O'Grady wins Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
TPC of Connecticut, Cromwell, Connecticut (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July 1986 · Mac O'Grady’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 700,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (Jul 6) and O'Grady's wins table (Jul 6, 1986); playoff decided on the final day per the event article
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Roger Maltbie USA · 269caught by O'Grady's final-round 62, then lost the sudden-death playoff on the first extra hole to O'Grady's par Travelers Championship (redirect from Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open) – Wikipedia
155 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
TPC of Connecticut, TPC of Connecticut, Cromwell, Connecticut
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mac O'Grady
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mac O'Grady | 71 · 69 · 67 · 62 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Roger Maltbie | |||
| T3 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T3 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T6 | Tim Simpson | |||
| T6 | Curtis Strange | |||
| T6 | Tom Watson | |||
| T9 | Chip Beck | |||
| T9 | John Cook | |||
| T9 | Mike Donald |
The golfer
born 1951-04-26, Minneapolis, Minnesota; USA; turned pro 1972; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet