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Sunday 31 May 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Pooley wins Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 May 1987 · Don Pooley’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 850,000 USD · start/end as OWGR lists them; end matches the Wikipedia season table (May 31)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/20°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 23 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/19°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/19°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 1.1 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
- Curt Byrum USAfinished second, three strokes behind Pooley Don Pooley – Wikipedia
107 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Don Pooley
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Pooley | 70 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Curt Byrum | |||
| T3 | Chip Beck | |||
| T3 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T3 | Denis Watson | |||
| T6 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T6 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T6 | David Frost | |||
| T9 | John Cook | |||
| T9 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T9 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T9 | Craig Stadler | |||
| T9 | Hal Sutton |
The golfer
born 1951-08-27, Phoenix, Arizona; USA; turned pro 1973; 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