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Sunday 24 May 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Barr wins Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 May 1987 · Dave Barr’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (May 24)
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° 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
- Larry Mize USAfinished second, four strokes behind Barr Atlanta Classic (redirect from Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic) – Wikipedia
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dave Barr
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Barr | 66 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Larry Mize | |||
| T3 | Chip Beck | |||
| T3 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T5 | Gary Hallberg | |||
| T5 | Steve Pate | |||
| 7 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| 8 | Bob Tway | |||
| T9 | Dan Pohl | |||
| T9 | Don Pooley | |||
| T9 | Bill Sander |
The golfer
born 1952-03-01, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; CAN; turned pro 1974; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet