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Sunday 8 October 1989PGA TourYear in Review
Hammond wins Texas Open
Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Donnie Hammond’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · end date from season table (Oct 8), Hammond wins table (Oct 8, 1989) and OWGR week end date; start not stated
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Paul Azinger USAfinished seven strokes behind Hammond Valero Texas Open – Wikipedia
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Texas Open
Oak Hills Country Club, Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Donnie Hammond
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donnie Hammond | 65 · 64 · 65 · 64 | 258 | −22 |
| 2 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T3 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T3 | Duffy Waldorf | |||
| T3 | Mark Wiebe | |||
| T6 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T6 | Jay Don Blake | |||
| T6 | Bill Britton | |||
| T9 | Bob Eastwood | |||
| T9 | Don Pooley | |||
| T9 | Loren Roberts | |||
| T9 | Hal Sutton | |||
| T9 | Davis Love III |
The golfer
born 1957-04-01, Frederick, Maryland; USA; turned pro 1979; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 110 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1989)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet