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Sunday 6 May 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Stewart wins GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
TPC at Las Colinas, Irving, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 1990 · Payne Stewart’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Shortened to 54 holes due to weather (Wikipedia); end date from the 1990 season table (May 6); start date not sourced; start 1990-05-03 from the OWGR event page
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° 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
- Lanny Wadkins USAfinished 2 strokes behind (Wikipedia winners table); how it was lost not sourced Byron Nelson Championship - Wikipedia
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
TPC at Las Colinas, TPC at Las Colinas, Irving, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Payne Stewart
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Stewart | 67 · 68 · 67 | 202 | −8 |
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T3 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T5 | Andrew Magee | |||
| T5 | Tim Simpson | |||
| T7 | Fred Funk | |||
| T7 | Tom Purtzer | |||
| T7 | Tom Watson | |||
| T7 | Greg Norman |
The golfer
born 1957-01-30, Springfield, Missouri; USA; turned pro 1979; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table 1990)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet