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Sunday 31 January 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Lyle wins Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 January 1988 · Sandy Lyle’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 650,000 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
10 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/9°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/6°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Fred Couples USA · 269lost a sudden-death playoff on the third extra hole, where Lyle won with a bogey, after both finished regulation at 269 Sandy Lyle - Wikipedia
144 started, 69 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sandy Lyle
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Lyle | 68 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Fred Couples | 269 | −15 | |
| 3 | David Frost | |||
| 4 | Davis Love III | |||
| T5 | Ken Green | |||
| T5 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T5 | Gil Morgan | |||
| T5 | Ken Brown | |||
| T9 | Chip Beck | |||
| T9 | Chen Tze-Chung | |||
| T9 | Jim Carter |
The golfer
born 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; SCO; turned pro 1977; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet