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Sunday 14 May 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Tway wins Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 1989 · Bob Tway’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 11 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).
- R114°/6°C · wind 29 km/h N, gusts 55 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R211°/6°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/8°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 21 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/6°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0.5 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
- Fuzzy Zoeller USAfinished two strokes behind Tway Memorial Tournament – Wikipedia
117 started, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Bob Tway
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Tway | 71 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | |||
| 3 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T4 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T6 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T6 | Scott Verplank | |||
| T8 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T8 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T8 | David Frost | |||
| T8 | Raymond Floyd |
The golfer
born 1959-05-04, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; USA; turned pro 1981; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 58 that week (OWGR rankBefore (apiweb.owgr.com player events table, 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet