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Sunday 30 June 1991PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 1991 · Fred Couples’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 (Purse US$) USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/21°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/23°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/24°C · wind 7 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0.1 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
- Rick Fehr USAfinished 3 strokes behind Couples (runner-up per Wikipedia winners table and Couples' wins table) St. Jude Classic - Wikipedia
155 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 68 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T3 | David Canipe | |||
| T3 | Jay Haas | |||
| 5 | Russ Cochran | |||
| T6 | Mark Brooks | |||
| T6 | Doug Tewell | |||
| T6 | Nick Price | |||
| T6 | Robert Thompson | |||
| T10 | Bob Gilder | |||
| T10 | Greg Ladehoff | |||
| T10 | Peter Persons |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1991)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet