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Sunday 18 May 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Pohl wins Colonial National Invitation
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 May 1986 · Dan Pohl’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (May 18) and Pohl's wins table (May 18, 1986); shortened to 54 holes (event article: due to rain; Pohl article: due to weather)
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 30 km/h SSE, gusts 48 · 46.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 47 · 13.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Payne Stewart USA · 205lost the playoff to Pohl's birdie on the first extra hole Dan Pohl – Wikipedia
101 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Colonial National Invitation
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dan Pohl
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Pohl | 68 · 69 · 68 | 205 | −5 |
| 2 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T3 | Bill Rogers | |||
| T3 | Tom Watson | |||
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | |||
| T6 | Gene Sauers | |||
| T6 | Mike Sullivan | |||
| T6 | David Frost | |||
| T9 | Ronnie Black | |||
| T9 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T9 | David Edwards | |||
| T9 | Bob Tway |
The golfer
born 1955-04-01, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1977; age 31 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