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Sunday 30 August 1987PGA TourYear in Review

Inman wins Provident Classic

Valleybrook Golf and Country Club, Hixson, Tennessee (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 1987 · purse 450,000 USD · Provident · 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 49 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

137 started, 74 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Provident Classic

Valleybrook Golf and Country Club, Valleybrook Golf and Country Club, Hixson, Tennessee

3 of 5 researched

Winner

John Inman

265Total
−15To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerTotalTo par
1John Inman265−15
T2Bill Glasson
T2Rocco Mediate
4Tim Simpson
T5Blaine McCallister
T5Robert Thompson
T7D J Morris
T7Joey Sindelar
T7Richard Zokol
T10Andrew Magee
T10Greg Powers
T10Ray Stewart
T10Jay Don Blake
T10Jim Carter
The golfer

born 1962-11-26, Greensboro, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 24 that week.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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