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Sunday 1 June 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Norman wins Kemper Open
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June 1986 · Greg Norman’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (Jun 1) and Norman's wins table (1 Jun 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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° 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
- Larry Mize USA · 277lost the sudden-death playoff to Norman's par on the sixth extra hole Greg Norman – Wikipedia
142 started, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Kemper Open
Congressional Country Club, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Greg Norman
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 72 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Larry Mize | |||
| T3 | John Cook | |||
| T3 | Mike Reid | |||
| 5 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| 6 | Curtis Strange | |||
| T7 | Chip Beck | |||
| T7 | Buddy Gardner | |||
| T7 | Bob Gilder | |||
| T10 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T10 | Roger Maltbie | |||
| T10 | Gil Morgan | |||
| T10 | David Ogrin | |||
| T10 | Craig Stadler |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet