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Sunday 28 February 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Beck wins Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 1988 · Chip Beck’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 750,000 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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Mac O'Grady USAtied second, four strokes behind Beck (event article winners table, SI roundup) Los Angeles Open - Wikipedia
- Bill Sander USAtied second, four strokes behind Beck (event article winners table, SI roundup) Los Angeles Open - Wikipedia
143 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Chip Beck
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chip Beck | 65 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Mac O'Grady | |||
| T2 | Bill Sander | |||
| T4 | Ed Fiori | |||
| T4 | Mike Reid | |||
| T6 | Jay Haas | |||
| T6 | Tom Purtzer | |||
| T8 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T8 | Steve Elkington | |||
| 10 | Hal Sutton |
The golfer
born 1956-09-12, Fayetteville, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1978; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet