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Monday 25 May 1987European TourYear in Review
Langer wins Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 21 to Monday 25 May 1987 · Bernhard Langer’s win no. 17 on the European Tour · purse £225,000 GBP · Whyte & Mackay · start from OWGR event page (21 May); end 25 May per season table and winner's wins table; OWGR's week end date is 24 May (see conflicts)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R111°/7°C · wind 27 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R210°/6°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 54 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R311°/6°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/8°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 48 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R517°/8°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 28 · 1 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
- Seve Ballesteros ESPsecond, 4 strokes behind the winner BMW PGA Championship - Wikipedia
144 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Bernhard Langer
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 66 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T3 | Kariem Baraka | |||
| T3 | Peter Senior | |||
| T5 | Rick Hartmann | |||
| T5 | Ken Brown | |||
| T5 | Ian Baker-Finch | |||
| T5 | Wayne Grady | |||
| 9 | Ian Mosey | |||
| 10 | Lyndsay Stephen |
The golfer
born 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Bavaria, West Germany; FRG; turned pro 1972; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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