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Sunday 19 May 1991PGA TourYear in Review

Perry wins Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 May 1991 · Kenny Perry’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,200,000 (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 21 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R130°/18°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 39 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R230°/15°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 44 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R320°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R424°/13°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 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

103 started, 78 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Memorial Tournament

Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Kenny Perry

273Total
−15To par
PlayoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Kenny Perry70 · 63 · 69 · 71273−15
2Hale Irwin
3Corey Pavin
T4Mike Hulbert
T4Craig Stadler
T6Chip Beck
T6Ian Baker-Finch
T8Andy Bean
T8John Cook
T8Larry Mize
T8Doug Tewell
T8David Frost
T8Jay Don Blake
T8Ted Schulz
The golfer

born 1960-08-10, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 1982; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 103 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1991)).

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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