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Sunday 8 January 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 January 1989 · Steve Jones’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 750,000 USD · 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
9 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- David Frost ZAFfinished three strokes behind Jones Tournament of Champions (golf) - Wikipedia
- Jay Haas USAfinished three strokes behind Jones Tournament of Champions (golf) - Wikipedia
32 started, 32 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
MONY Tournament of Champions
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Jones | 69 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | David Frost | |||
| T2 | Jay Haas | |||
| 4 | Greg Norman | |||
| 5 | Chip Beck | |||
| T6 | D J Morris | |||
| T6 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T6 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| 9 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T10 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T10 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T10 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T10 | Curtis Strange |
The golfer
born 1958-12-27, Artesia, New Mexico; USA; turned pro 1981; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 75 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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