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Sunday 15 February 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Burns wins Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 February 1987 · George Burns’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · Shearson Lehman Brothers · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from season table (Feb 15) and OWGR; Burns's wins table prints Feb 25, 1987 (conflict)
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/10°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 42 · 0.5 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
- J. C. Snead USAfinished 4 strokes behind, tied second Wikipedia event article
- Bobby Wadkins USAfinished 4 strokes behind, tied second Wikipedia event article
156 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
George Burns
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Burns | 63 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | J. C. Snead | |||
| T2 | Bobby Wadkins | |||
| T4 | Buddy Gardner | |||
| T4 | Pat McGowan | |||
| T6 | Curt Byrum | |||
| T6 | David Edwards | |||
| T6 | Raymond Floyd | |||
| T6 | Peter Jacobsen | |||
| T6 | Bill Sander | |||
| T6 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T6 | David Frost |
The golfer
born 1949-07-29, Brooklyn, New York; USA; turned pro 1975; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet