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Sunday 6 March 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Crenshaw wins Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 March 1988 · Ben Crenshaw’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the 1988 PGA Tour season table, the 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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° 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
- Chip Beck USAtied second, one stroke behind Crenshaw, who birdied the 72nd hole (event article) Doral Open - Wikipedia
- Mark McCumber USAtied second, one stroke behind Crenshaw, who birdied the 72nd hole (event article) Doral Open - Wikipedia
143 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster course), Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Crenshaw
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Chip Beck | |||
| T2 | Mark McCumber | |||
| 4 | Raymond Floyd | |||
| T5 | John Mahaffey | |||
| T5 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T5 | Joey Sindelar | |||
| T8 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T8 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T8 | Gil Morgan |
The golfer
born 1952-01-11, Austin, Texas; USA; turned pro 1973; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 14.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet