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Sunday 17 May 1992PGA TourYear in Review
Brown wins GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
TPC at Las Colinas, Irving, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 1992 · Billy Ray Brown’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,100,000 USD · shortened to 54 holes due to weather (Wikipedia winners-table note); start date from OWGR event page; playoff on the final day (Brown wins table: May 17, 1992)
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Ben Crenshaw USA · 199lost the four-man playoff to Brown's birdie on the first extra hole Billy Ray Brown
- Raymond Floyd USA · 199lost the four-man playoff to Brown's birdie on the first extra hole Billy Ray Brown
- Bruce Lietzke USA · 199lost the four-man playoff to Brown's birdie on the first extra hole Billy Ray Brown
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
TPC at Las Colinas, TPC at Las Colinas, Irving, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Ray Brown
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Ray Brown | 69 · 64 · 66 | 199 | −11 |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T2 | Raymond Floyd | |||
| T2 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T5 | Marco Dawson | |||
| T5 | Jay Haas | |||
| T5 | Jim Woodward | |||
| T8 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T8 | Dudley Hart | |||
| T8 | Jeff Sluman |
The golfer
born 1963-04-05, Missouri City, Texas; USA; turned pro 1987; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 83 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile events table, 1992)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet