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Sunday 21 May 1989PGA TourYear in Review

Baker-Finch wins Southwestern Bell Colonial

Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May 1989 · Ian Baker-Finch’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD

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 49 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R129°/19°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R235°/21°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R332°/23°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 40 · 21.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R432°/20°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

103 started, 71 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Southwestern Bell Colonial

Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Ian Baker-Finch

270Total
−10To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Ian Baker-Finch65 · 70 · 65 · 70270−10
2David Edwards
T3Tim Simpson
T3David Frost
T5Lon Hinkle
T5Curtis Strange
T5Nick Price
T8Paul Azinger
T8Scott Simpson
T8Payne Stewart
T8Isao Aoki
The golfer

born 1960-10-24, Nambour, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1979; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 62 that week (OWGR rankBefore (apiweb.owgr.com player events table, 1989)).

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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