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Sunday 10 May 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Irving, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 May 1987 · Fred Couples’s win no. 3 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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 266lost playoff; Couples won with par on third extra hole Fred Couples - Wikipedia
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Irving, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 65 · 67 · 64 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| 3 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T4 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T4 | Craig Stadler | |||
| T6 | Tom Byrum | |||
| T6 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T6 | Tom Kite | |||
| T6 | Greg Norman | |||
| T10 | Ray Barr | |||
| T10 | David Frost |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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