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Sunday 1 October 1995PGA TourYear in Review
Funk wins Buick Challenge
Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October 1995 · Fred Funk’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Buick
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° 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
- John Morse USAfinished one stroke behind, tied second with Loren Roberts Southern Open / Buick Challenge (Wikipedia, via API)
- Loren Roberts USAfinished one stroke behind, tied second with John Morse Southern Open / Buick Challenge (Wikipedia, via API)
145 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Challenge
Callaway Gardens Resort, Mountain View Course, Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Funk
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Loren Roberts | ||
| T2 | John Morse | ||
| T4 | Jeff Sluman | ||
| T4 | Kirk Triplett | ||
| T4 | Guy Boros | ||
| 7 | David Ogrin | ||
| T8 | Scott Hoch | ||
| T8 | Larry Nelson | ||
| T8 | John Huston | ||
| T8 | Steve Stricker |
The golfer
born 1956-06-14, Takoma Park, Maryland; USA; turned pro 1981; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 92 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1995).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet