Golf Network News
Sunday 9 August 1987Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nelson wins PGA Championship
PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 August 1987 · purse $900,000 · winner's share $150,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/26°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/27°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/26°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/25°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 74 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
PGA National Golf Club (Champion course), Palm Beach Gardens
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lanny Wadkins
The golfer
b. 1947-09-10, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet