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Sunday 17 January 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Pate wins MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 January 1988 · Steve Pate’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 500,000 USD · MONY · weather: rain-shortened to 54 holes (SI roundup; wins tables mark 202 with *). Start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the season table, Pate'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
9 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 32° 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
- Larry Nelson USAsecond, one stroke behind Pate in the rain-shortened 54-hole event A Roundup of the Week Jan. 11-17 - Sports Illustrated Vault
38 started, 38 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Pate
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Pate | 66 · 66 · 70 | 202 | −14 |
| 2 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T3 | Dave Barr | |||
| T3 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T5 | J C Snead | |||
| T5 | Keith Clearwater | |||
| T7 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T7 | Mark McCumber | |||
| T7 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T7 | Doug Tewell |
The golfer
born 1961-05-26, Ventura, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet