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Sunday 31 July 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Verplank wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 1988 · Scott Verplank’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 700,000 USD · start/end from OWGR event page
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Doug Tewell USAfinished two strokes behind Verplank (event winners table) Buick Open - Wikipedia
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Verplank
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Verplank | 66 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Doug Tewell | |||
| 3 | Fred Couples | |||
| 4 | Tim Norris | |||
| T5 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T5 | Jim Hallet | |||
| T7 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T7 | Kenny Knox | |||
| T7 | Jack Renner | |||
| T7 | Dave Rummells | |||
| T7 | Gene Sauers |
The golfer
born 1964-07-09, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 1986; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet