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Sunday 26 August 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Olazábal wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 1990 · José María Olazábal’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,100,000 USD · start/end from OWGR event page; end also Aug 26 on the Wikipedia season table and Olazábal's wins table
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R2Not yet researched
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- 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 12 strokes behind Olazábal in solo second NEC World Series of Golf - Wikipedia
47 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
3 of 5 researched
Winner
José María Olazábal
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose M Olazabal | ||
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins | ||
| 3 | Hale Irwin | ||
| 4 | Donnie Hammond | ||
| 5 | Larry Mize | ||
| T6 | Chip Beck | ||
| T6 | Greg Norman | ||
| T8 | Paul Azinger | ||
| T8 | Tom Kite | ||
| T8 | Trevor Dodds |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankFrom on the event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet