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Sunday 25 January 1987PGA TourYear in Review

Azinger wins Phoenix Open

TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 January 1987 · Paul Azinger’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 USD · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the season table, OWGR and the winner's wins table

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 12 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R119°/-1°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R218°/2°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R318°/0°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R422°/3°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 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

143 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

PGA Tour event

Phoenix Open

TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Paul Azinger

268Total
−16To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Paul Azinger67 · 69 · 65 · 67268−16
2Hal Sutton
T3Mark Calcavecchia
T3Bob Tway
T3Fuzzy Zoeller
T6Bobby Clampett
T6Mark O'Meara
T6Corey Pavin
T9Andy North
T9Calvin Peete
T9Don Pooley
T9Gene Sauers
T9Payne Stewart
The golfer

born 1960-01-06, Holyoke, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1981; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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