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Sunday 1 November 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Watson wins Nabisco Championship
Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 1987 · Tom Watson’s win no. 37 on the PGA Tour · purse 2,000,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · start date from OWGR event page startDate; end date from season table, winner's wins table and OWGR
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° 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
- Chip Beck USAfinished second, two strokes behind Watson (wins table / event article; OWGR position 2) Tom Watson (golfer) – Wikipedia
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nabisco Championship
Oak Hills Country Club, Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Watson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | 65 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Chip Beck | |||
| 3 | Greg Norman | |||
| 4 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T5 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T5 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T5 | Corey Pavin | |||
| T5 | Hal Sutton | |||
| T5 | Nick Price | |||
| T10 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T10 | Don Pooley |
The golfer
born 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri; USA; turned pro 1971; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 37; majors to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet