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Saturday 10 January 1987PGA TourYear in Review
O'Grady wins MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 January 1987 · Mac O'Grady’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · MONY · start date from OWGR (1987-01-08); end date 1987-01-10 from the season table and the wins table (OWGR prints 1987-01-11, conflict)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Rick Fehr USAfinished one stroke behind in second Wikipedia event article
29 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mac O'Grady
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mac O'Grady | 65 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T3 | Greg Norman | |||
| T5 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T5 | Hal Sutton | |||
| 7 | Raymond Floyd | |||
| T8 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T8 | Doug Tewell | |||
| T8 | Sandy Lyle |
The golfer
born 1951-04-26, Minneapolis, Minnesota; USA; turned pro 1972; age 35 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