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Sunday 27 April 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Strange wins Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 1986 · Curtis Strange’s win no. 9 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
13 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° 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
- Calvin Peete USA · 274lost playoff to a birdie on the third extra hole Curtis Strange - Wikipedia
156 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Curtis Strange
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Strange | 72 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Calvin Peete | |||
| 3 | Tom Watson | |||
| T4 | David Edwards | |||
| T4 | Jay Haas | |||
| T4 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T7 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T7 | Doug Tewell | |||
| T9 | Charles Bolling | |||
| T9 | Brian Claar | |||
| T9 | Lennie Clements | |||
| T9 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T9 | Craig Stadler |
The golfer
born 1955-01-30, Norfolk, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1976; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 9.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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