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Sunday 29 October 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Kite wins Nabisco Championship
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Tom Kite’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse 2,500,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · start date not stated by any source opened; end date from season table (Oct 29), Kite wins table (Oct 29, 1989) and OWGR week end date
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Payne Stewart USAlost playoff; Kite won with par on the second extra hole Tom Kite – Wikipedia
30 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nabisco Championship
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Kite
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 69 · 65 · 74 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| 2 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T3 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T3 | Wayne Levi | |||
| 5 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| 6 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T7 | Fred Couples | |||
| T7 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T9 | Chip Beck | |||
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia |
The golfer
born 1949-12-09, McKinney, Texas; USA; turned pro 1972; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 13; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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