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Sunday 4 May 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Norman wins Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational
Las Vegas, Nevada (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May 1986 · Greg Norman’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,150,000 USD · Panasonic · start and end dates from the OWGR event page; end date matches the 1986 PGA Tour season table; 90-hole (five-round) event: event article says it was originally played over five rounds (90 holes) over several courses
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Dan Pohl USAfinished seven strokes behind Norman Greg Norman - Wikipedia
154 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational
Las Vegas, Nevada
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Greg Norman
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 73 · 63 · 68 · 64 · 65 | 333 | −27 |
| 2 | Dan Pohl | |||
| T3 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T3 | Steve Pate | |||
| T5 | Andy Bean | |||
| T5 | Don Pooley | |||
| T7 | John Cook | |||
| T7 | Gil Morgan | |||
| T7 | Bob Tway | |||
| T10 | Jim Colbert | |||
| T10 | Wayne Levi | |||
| T10 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T10 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T10 | Hal Sutton | |||
| T10 | Tom Watson |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet