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Sunday 22 March 1987PGA TourYear in Review
Crenshaw wins USF&G Classic
New Orleans, Louisiana (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 1987 · Ben Crenshaw’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · start and end dates from the OWGR event page; end date matches the 1987 PGA Tour season 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
12 h 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Curtis Strange USAfinished three strokes behind Crenshaw Ben Crenshaw - Wikipedia
144 started, 87 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
USF&G Classic
New Orleans, Louisiana
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Crenshaw
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 66 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Curtis Strange | |||
| 3 | Ronnie Black | |||
| T4 | Keith Clearwater | |||
| T4 | Dick Mast | |||
| T4 | Sam Randolph | |||
| T7 | Ken Brown | |||
| T7 | Jay Delsing | |||
| T7 | Jay Haas | |||
| T7 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T7 | Brett Upper | |||
| T7 | Tom Watson |
The golfer
born 1952-01-11, Austin, Texas; USA; turned pro 1973; tour wins to date: 13.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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