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Sunday 5 February 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Calcavecchia wins Nissan Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 February 1989 · Mark Calcavecchia’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 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
10 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Sandy Lyle SCOfinished one stroke behind Calcavecchia Los Angeles Open - Wikipedia
145 started, 78 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Nissan Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Calcavecchia
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Calcavecchia | 68 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| 3 | Hale Irwin | |||
| T4 | Phil Blackmar | |||
| T4 | Steve Pate | |||
| T4 | Gene Sauers | |||
| 7 | Fred Couples | |||
| 8 | Tom Kite | |||
| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T9 | Donnie Hammond | |||
| T9 | Johnny Miller | |||
| T9 | Tom Purtzer | |||
| T9 | Mike Reid |
The golfer
born 1960-06-12, Laurel, Nebraska; USA; turned pro 1981; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet