Golf Network News
Sunday 13 August 1989Men’s majorsYear in Review
Stewart wins PGA Championship
Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Kildeer, Illinois · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 August 1989 · purse $1,200,000 · winner's share $200,000
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 18 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/17°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 28 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 70 (cut at 145) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Curtis Strange, Mike Reid, Andy Bean
The golfer
b. 1957-01-30, Springfield, Missouri, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet