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Sunday 28 January 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Armour wins Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 January 1990 · Tommy Armour III’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 900,000 USD · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the 1990 PGA Tour season table, the winner's wins table and OWGR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/3°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/2°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/3°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/3°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jim Thorpe USAfinished second, 5 strokes behind Armour Phoenix Open - Wikipedia
144 started, 82 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tommy Armour III
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Armour III | 65 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Jim Thorpe | |||
| T3 | Fred Couples | |||
| T3 | Billy Ray Brown | |||
| T5 | Bob Tway | |||
| T5 | Brian Tennyson | |||
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | |||
| T8 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T8 | Jay Delsing | |||
| T10 | Dave Barr | |||
| T10 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T10 | Clark Burroughs |
The golfer
born 1959-10-08, Denver, Colorado; USA; turned pro 1981; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 168 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable 1990)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet