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Sunday 4 October 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Brown wins Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 October 1987 · Ken Brown’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 400,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · start date from OWGR event page startDate; end date from season table, winner's wins table and OWGR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- 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
- David Frost RSAtied second, seven strokes behind (wins table, event article, OWGR T2) Ken Brown (golfer) – Wikipedia
- Mike Hulbert USAtied second, seven strokes behind (wins table, event article, OWGR T2) Ken Brown (golfer) – Wikipedia
- Larry Mize USAtied second, seven strokes behind (wins table, event article, OWGR T2) Ken Brown (golfer) – Wikipedia
155 started, 79 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ken Brown
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Brown | 65 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Mike Hulbert | |||
| T2 | Larry Mize | |||
| T2 | David Frost | |||
| 5 | Rex Caldwell | |||
| 6 | Mark Lye | |||
| 7 | Hale Irwin | |||
| T8 | Wayne Levi | |||
| T8 | Larry Nelson | |||
| 10 | Vance Heafner |
The golfer
born 1957-01-09, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England; SCO; turned pro 1974; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet