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Sunday 6 April 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Lyle wins Greater Greensboro Open
Forest Oaks, Greensboro, North Carolina (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 1986 · Sandy Lyle’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · start and end dates from the OWGR event page; end date matches the 1986 PGA Tour season table
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Andy Bean USAfinished two strokes behind Lyle Sandy Lyle - Wikipedia
143 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Greater Greensboro Open
Forest Oaks, Forest Oaks, Greensboro, North Carolina
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sandy Lyle
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Lyle | 68 · 64 · 73 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Andy Bean | |||
| T3 | Isao Aoki | |||
| T3 | Leonard Thompson | |||
| 5 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T6 | Chip Beck | |||
| T6 | David Edwards | |||
| T6 | David Frost | |||
| T6 | Tom Purtzer | |||
| T6 | Craig Stadler | |||
| T6 | Payne Stewart |
The golfer
born 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; SCO; turned pro 1977; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet