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Sunday 8 March 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Calcavecchia wins Honda Classic
TPC Eagle Trace, Coral Springs, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March 1987 · Mark Calcavecchia’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · Honda · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the 1987 PGA Tour season table, OWGR and the winner's wins 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
11 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Bernhard Langer FRGfinished 3 strokes behind, tied second Honda Classic - Wikipedia
- Payne Stewart USAfinished 3 strokes behind, tied second Honda Classic - Wikipedia
144 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
TPC Eagle Trace, TPC Eagle Trace, Coral Springs, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Calcavecchia
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Calcavecchia | 69 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T2 | Bernhard Langer | |||
| 4 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T5 | Clarence Rose | |||
| T5 | Isao Aoki | |||
| T5 | Greg Norman | |||
| T8 | Brad Fabel | |||
| T8 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T8 | Steve Elkington |
The golfer
born 1960-06-12, Laurel, Nebraska; USA; turned pro 1981; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet