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Sunday 24 August 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Pohl wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 August 1986 · Dan Pohl’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 700,000 USD · NEC · start from OWGR event page startDate
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° 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
- Lanny Wadkins USArunner-up, 1 stroke behind the winner (event article winners table) NEC World Series of Golf - Wikipedia
43 started, 43 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dan Pohl
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Pohl | 69 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 277 | |
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| 3 | Bobby Cole | |||
| 4 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T5 | Andy Bean | |||
| T5 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T5 | Tim Simpson | |||
| T5 | Rodger Davis | |||
| T9 | David Ishii | |||
| T9 | Tom Kite | |||
| T9 | Jack Nicklaus | |||
| T9 | Calvin Peete | |||
| T9 | Jim Thorpe | |||
| T9 | Bob Tway |
The golfer
born 1955-04-01, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1977; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet