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Sunday 9 February 1986PGA TourYear in Review

Tway wins Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open

Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 February 1986 · Bob Tway’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 450,000 USD · Shearson Lehman Brothers · weather: shortened to 54 holes due to rain (event article footnote; Tway article: 'due to weather'). Start date from OWGR event page (startDate 1986-02-06); end Feb 9 per season table and Tway's wins table

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 39 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R113°/12°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/6°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R311°/8°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 46 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R414°/6°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

  • Bernhard Langer FRG · 204lost a playoff to Tway's par on the second extra hole Bob Tway - Wikipedia

156 started

Same week

PGA Tour event

Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open

Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Bob Tway

204Total
−12To par
PlayoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Bob Tway67 · 68 · 69204−12
2Bernhard Langer
T3Paul Azinger
T3Mike Hulbert
T3Mark Lye
T6Gary Hallberg
T6Gary Koch
T6Larry Ringer
T9Danny Edwards
T9Don Pooley
The golfer

born 1959-05-04, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; USA; turned pro 1981; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.

Source

What’s in the bag

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