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Monday 26 May 1986European TourYear in Review
Davis wins Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship
Wentworth (West), England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Monday 26 May 1986 · Rodger Davis’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse 200,000 (column Purse (£)) GBP · Whyte & Mackay · start date from OWGR event page; end date on season table, winner's article and OWGR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Des Smyth IRLlost playoff: won with bogey on third extra hole (winner's article playoff record) BMW PGA Championship - Wikipedia
144 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship
Wentworth (West), Wentworth (West), England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Rodger Davis
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodger Davis | 70 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Des Smyth | |||
| 3 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T4 | Sam Torrance | |||
| T4 | Philip Walton | |||
| T6 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T6 | Gerard F Taylor | |||
| T8 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T8 | Ian Woosnam |
The golfer
born 1951-05-18, Sydney, Australia; AUS; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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