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Sunday 17 May 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Clearwater wins Colonial National Invitation
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 1987 · Keith Clearwater’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (May 17)
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 24 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 7.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0.2 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
- Davis Love III USAfinished second, three strokes behind Clearwater Charles Schwab Challenge (redirect from Colonial National Invitation) – Wikipedia
105 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Colonial National Invitation
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Keith Clearwater
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Clearwater | 67 · 71 · 64 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | |||
| 3 | Dan Pohl | |||
| T4 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T4 | Curtis Strange | |||
| T6 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T6 | Larry Mize | |||
| T6 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T9 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T9 | Doug Tewell | |||
| T9 | Tom Byrum |
The golfer
born 1959-09-01, Long Beach, California; USA; turned pro 1982; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet