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Sunday 30 August 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Strange wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 1987 · Curtis Strange’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse 800,000 USD · NEC · start from OWGR event page startDate
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Fulton Allem RSArunner-up, 3 strokes behind the winner (event article winners table) NEC World Series of Golf - Wikipedia
43 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Curtis Strange
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Strange | 70 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| 2 | Fulton Allem | |||
| 3 | Mac O'Grady | |||
| T4 | Fred Couples | |||
| T4 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T4 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| T7 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T7 | Mike Hulbert | |||
| 9 | Tom Kite | |||
| T10 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T10 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T10 | Greg Norman |
The golfer
born 1955-01-30, Norfolk, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1976; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 12.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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