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Sunday 22 June 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Tway wins Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 1986 · Bob Tway’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (Jun 22) and Tway's wins table (Jun 22, 1986)
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 80° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Hal Sutton USAfinished two strokes behind Tway, who closed with a 64 Bob Tway – Wikipedia
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Bob Tway
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Tway | 68 · 66 · 71 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Hal Sutton | |||
| T3 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T3 | Willie Wood | |||
| T3 | Greg Norman | |||
| 7 | Gary Koch | |||
| 8 | Tom Purtzer | |||
| T9 | Rex Caldwell | |||
| T9 | Doug Tewell | |||
| T9 | David Graham |
The golfer
born 1959-05-04, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; USA; turned pro 1981; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet