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Sunday 30 September 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Knox wins Buick Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Kenny Knox’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 600,000 (Purse US$ column) USD · end date per season table and Knox's wins table; 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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jim Hallet USA · 265lost playoff to Knox's birdie on the second extra hole Kenny Knox
154 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Southern Open
Green Island Country Club, Green Island Country Club, Columbus, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Kenny Knox
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Knox | 69 · 62 · 68 · 66 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Jim Hallet | |||
| 3 | Jim Booros | |||
| T4 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T4 | David Peoples | |||
| T4 | Tommy Moore | |||
| T4 | Jeffrey Wilson | |||
| T8 | John Cook | |||
| T8 | Bob Estes | |||
| T10 | Andy Bean | |||
| T10 | Dan Forsman | |||
| T10 | Mark Lye | |||
| T10 | Bill Sander | |||
| T10 | Howard Twitty | |||
| T10 | Nolan Henke | |||
| T10 | Bill Britton | |||
| T10 | Tom Eubank |
The golfer
born 1956-08-15, Columbus, Georgia; USA; turned pro 1978; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 186 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1990)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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