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Sunday 3 August 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Kite wins Western Open
Butler National Golf Club, Oak Brook, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 31 July to Sunday 3 August 1986 · Tom Kite’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · 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
14 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Fred Couples USAlost playoff (won with birdie on first extra hole (winner article playoff record)) Western Open - Wikipedia
- David Frost RSAlost playoff (won with birdie on first extra hole (winner article playoff record)) Western Open - Wikipedia
- Nick Price ZIMlost playoff (won with birdie on first extra hole (winner article playoff record)) Western Open - Wikipedia
156 started, 84 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Western Open
Butler National Golf Club, Butler National Golf Club, Oak Brook, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Kite
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 70 · 75 · 73 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
| T2 | Fred Couples | |||
| T2 | David Frost | |||
| T2 | Nick Price | |||
| T5 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T5 | Leonard Thompson | |||
| T5 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| T5 | Greg Norman | |||
| T5 | Dick Mast | |||
| T10 | George Burns | |||
| T10 | Danny Edwards | |||
| T10 | Mark Pfeil | |||
| T10 | Tom Byrum |
The golfer
born 1949-12-09, McKinney, Texas; USA; turned pro 1972; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 9.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet