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Sunday 30 July 1995PGA TourYear in Review
Funk wins Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 July 1995 · Fred Funk’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Ideon
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 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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 McGovern USAled by a stroke with five holes left, then three-putted the 16th from the fringe and bogeyed the par-four 17th to lose by one Golf: Funk scrapes home – The Independent
149 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Funk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
31 July 1995
All it was was survival.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | 66 · 63 · 66 · 73 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Jim McGovern | |||
| 3 | Don Pooley | |||
| T4 | Lennie Clements | |||
| T4 | Roger Maltbie | |||
| T4 | Joey Sindelar | |||
| T4 | Jay Williamson | |||
| T8 | Dan Forsman | |||
| T8 | Howard Twitty | |||
| T8 | Greg Kraft |
The golfer
born 1956-06-14, Takoma Park, Maryland; USA; turned pro 1981; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 118 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1995 week 30); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet