Golf Network News
Sunday 26 April 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Haas wins Big "I" Houston Open
Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 1987 · Jay Haas’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start and end dates from the OWGR event page; end date matches the 1987 PGA Tour season 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
13 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° 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
- Buddy Gardner USA · 276lost playoff; Haas won with par on first extra hole Jay Haas - Wikipedia
152 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Big "I" Houston Open
Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Jay Haas
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay Haas | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Buddy Gardner | |||
| 3 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T4 | Wayne Levi | |||
| T4 | Nick Price | |||
| T6 | George Burns | |||
| T6 | Gary Hallberg | |||
| T6 | Akiyoshi Omachi | |||
| T9 | Ken Brown | |||
| T9 | Russ Cochran | |||
| T9 | Andrew Magee | |||
| T9 | Steve Pate |
The golfer
born 1953-12-02, St. Louis, Missouri; USA; turned pro 1976; tour wins to date: 6.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet