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Sunday 2 November 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Thorpe wins Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship
Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 October to Sunday 2 November 1986 · Jim Thorpe’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 700,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · start date from OWGR event page startDate; end date from season table (Nov 2), winner's wins table (Nov 2, 1986) and 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
10 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Scott Simpson USA · 71lost the medal-match-play final 67 to 71 (event article; wins table: 4 strokes) Tucson Open – Wikipedia
63 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship
Tucson, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Thorpe
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Thorpe | 67 | −5 |
| 2 | Scott Simpson | ||
| 3 | Ken Green | ||
| 4 | Phil Blackmar | ||
| T5 | David Edwards | ||
| T5 | Don Pooley | ||
| T5 | Tim Simpson | ||
| T5 | Lanny Wadkins | ||
| T9 | Dave Barr | ||
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia | ||
| T9 | Lennie Clements | ||
| T9 | Jim Colbert | ||
| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | ||
| T9 | Gary Koch | ||
| T9 | Steve Pate | ||
| T9 | Tom Purtzer |
The golfer
born 1949-02-01, Roxboro, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1972; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet