Golf Network News
Sunday 9 October 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Purtzer wins Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic
Fairway Oaks Golf & Racquet Club, Abilene, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 October 1988 · Tom Purtzer’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 400,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · start date from OWGR event page startDate; end date from season table, 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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Mark Brooks USA · 269lost playoff: Tom Purtzer won with par on first extra hole Tom Purtzer – Wikipedia
142 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic
Fairway Oaks Golf & Racquet Club, Fairway Oaks Golf & Racquet Club, Abilene, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Purtzer
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Purtzer | 64 · 72 · 69 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Mark Brooks | |||
| 3 | Buddy Gardner | |||
| T4 | Brad Bryant | |||
| T4 | Dan Pohl | |||
| T6 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T6 | Dave Barr | |||
| T6 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T6 | Tommy Armour III | |||
| T10 | Howard Twitty | |||
| T10 | Davis Love III |
The golfer
born 1951-12-05, Des Moines, Iowa; USA; turned pro 1973; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet