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Sunday 7 May 1995PGA TourYear in Review
Calcavecchia wins BellSouth Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May 1995 · Mark Calcavecchia’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · BellSouth
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Jim Gallagher Jr. USA · 273second, two strokes behind on 273 (65-70-68-70) (Wikipedia margin; The Independent final standings) The Independent: Sporting digest: golf (9 May 1995) - BellSouth Atlanta Classic final standings
151 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BellSouth Classic
Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Calcavecchia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (wire report, unbylined)
13 May 1995
I played twice as good today as any round last week,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 65 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 273 | |
| 3 | Stephen Keppler | 67 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 274 | |
| T4 | Curtis Strange | 70 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 275 | |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | 72 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 275 | |
| T4 | Guy Boros | 71 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 275 | |
| T7 | Lennie Clements | 70 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 276 | |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 69 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 276 | |
| T7 | Billy Andrade | 72 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 276 | |
| T7 | Brandel Chamblee | 68 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 276 | |
| T7 | Tommy Tolles | 70 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-12, Laurel, Nebraska, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1981; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 35 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1995)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet