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Sunday 29 April 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Frost wins USF&G Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 April 1990 · David Frost’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · end date from the 1990 season table (Apr 29) and the winner's wins table (29 Apr 1990); start date not sourced; start 1990-04-26 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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° 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
- Greg Norman AUSfinished 1 stroke behind (Wikipedia); how it was lost not sourced David Frost (golfer) - Wikipedia
156 started, 81 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
USF&G Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
3 of 5 researched
Winner
David Frost
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Frost | 71 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Greg Norman | |||
| 3 | Russ Cochran | |||
| 4 | Brian Tennyson | |||
| 5 | Jay Delsing | |||
| 6 | Tim Simpson | |||
| T7 | Brad Bryant | |||
| T7 | David Edwards | |||
| T7 | Mike Smith | |||
| T7 | Hal Sutton | |||
| T7 | Tommy Moore |
The golfer
born 1959-09-11, Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1981; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 15 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