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Sunday 27 August 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Frost wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 1989 · David Frost’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · NEC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Ben Crenshaw USA · 276lost playoff at the second extra hole (Frost won with par) David Frost (golfer) - Wikipedia
45 started, 44 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
David Frost
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Frost | 70 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| 3 | Payne Stewart | |||
| 4 | Greg Norman | |||
| T5 | Larry Mize | |||
| T5 | Mike Reid | |||
| 7 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T8 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T8 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T8 | Steve Jones |
The golfer
born 1959-09-11, Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1981; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet