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Sunday 1 April 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Sills wins Independent Insurance Agent Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 March to Sunday 1 April 1990 · Tony Sills’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Shortened to 54 holes due to weather (Wikipedia footnotes on the 1990 rows); end date from the season table (Apr 1) and wins table (Apr 1, 1990); start not sourced; start 1990-03-29 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
12 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Gil Morgan USA · 204lost playoff on first extra hole to Sills' par Tony Sills - Wikipedia
143 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Independent Insurance Agent Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tony Sills
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Sills | 67 · 72 · 65 | 204 | −12 |
| 2 | Gil Morgan | |||
| T3 | Brad Bryant | |||
| T3 | Fred Couples | |||
| T3 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T3 | Larry Mize | |||
| T3 | David Peoples | |||
| T3 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T3 | Ian Woosnam |
The golfer
born 1955-12-05, Los Angeles, California; USA; turned pro 1980; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 266 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table 1990)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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