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Sunday 12 February 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Sauers wins Hawaiian Open
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 February 1989 · Gene Sauers’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 750,000 USD · shortened to 54 holes (event article: "due to rain"; winner article: "due to weather"); start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the 1989 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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/22°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/21°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 24.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/20°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 27 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 2.8 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
- David Ogrin USAfinished one stroke behind Sauers in the 54-hole event Sony Championship Hawaii - Wikipedia
141 started, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Hawaiian Open
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Gene Sauers
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Sauers | 65 · 67 · 65 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | David Ogrin | |||
| 3 | Dave Rummells | |||
| 4 | Jim Carter | |||
| T5 | Chip Beck | |||
| T5 | Don Reese | |||
| 7 | Rex Caldwell | |||
| T8 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T8 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T8 | Lon Hinkle | |||
| T8 | Katsunari Takahashi |
The golfer
born 1962-08-22, Savannah, Georgia; USA; turned pro 1984; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 74 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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