Golf Network News
Sunday 2 October 1988PGA TourYear in Review
Frost wins Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 1988 · David Frost’s win no. 1 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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° 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
- Bob Tway USAlost playoff: David Frost won with birdie on first extra hole David Frost (golfer) – Wikipedia
148 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
David Frost
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Frost | 70 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Bob Tway | |||
| T3 | George Archer | |||
| T3 | Dave Barr | |||
| T3 | Dan Forsman | |||
| 6 | Mike Hulbert | |||
| T7 | Mike Donald | |||
| T7 | Corey Pavin | |||
| T7 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T7 | Lance Ten Broeck |
The golfer
born 1959-09-11, Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1981; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet