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Sunday 12 October 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Gonzalez wins Pensacola Open
Perdido Bay Country Club, Pensacola, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 1986 · Ernie Gonzalez’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 300,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · weather: rain shortened the event to 36 holes (event article; winner's article). Start date from OWGR startDate; end date from season table (Oct 12), wins table (Oct 12, 1986), OWGR endDate
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R2Not yet researched
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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
- Joey Sindelar USAsecond, one stroke behind in the rain-shortened 36-hole event (winner's article; event article; OWGR 2) Ernie Gonzalez – Wikipedia
156 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Pensacola Open
Perdido Bay Country Club, Perdido Bay Country Club, Pensacola, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Gonzalez
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Gonzalez | 65 · 63 | 128 | −14 |
| 2 | Joey Sindelar | |||
| 3 | Leonard Thompson | |||
| T4 | Mike Hulbert | |||
| T4 | Kenny Knox | |||
| T6 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T6 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T6 | Bob Gilder | |||
| T6 | Bob Murphy | |||
| T6 | Tim Simpson | |||
| T6 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T6 | Fred Wadsworth | |||
| T6 | Tom Byrum |
The golfer
born 1961-02-19, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet