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Sunday 16 April 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Stewart wins MCI Heritage Golf Classic
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 April 1989 · Payne Stewart’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 800,000 USD · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the 1989 PGA Tour season table
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/10°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/11°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 13.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 0.2 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
- Kenny Perry USAfinished 5 strokes behind (event article and Payne Stewart wins table); how it was lost not sourced RBC Heritage - Wikipedia
128 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
MCI Heritage Golf Classic
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Payne Stewart
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Stewart | 65 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Kenny Perry | |||
| T3 | Fred Couples | |||
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | |||
| T5 | Kenny Knox | |||
| T5 | Craig Stadler | |||
| T5 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T8 | Tom Kite | |||
| T8 | Mark McCumber | |||
| T8 | Tim Simpson |
The golfer
born 1957-01-30, Springfield, Missouri; USA; turned pro 1979; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 19 that week (OWGR rankBefore (apiweb.owgr.com player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet