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Sunday 22 February 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Tze-chung wins Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 February 1987 · Chen Tze-chung’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from season table, OWGR and the winner's wins table (22 Feb 1987)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ben Crenshaw USA · 275lost the playoff on the first extra hole to Chen's par Chen Tze-chung - Wikipedia
144 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Chen Tze-chung
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Tze-chung | 70 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | 275 | ||
| 3 | Danny Edwards | |||
| T4 | Steve Pate | |||
| T4 | Don Pooley | |||
| T4 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| T4 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| 8 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| 9 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T10 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T10 | Pat McGowan | |||
| T10 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T10 | Bill Sander | |||
| T10 | Bob Tway | |||
| T10 | Nick Price |
The golfer
born 1958-06-24; TPE; turned pro 1980; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet