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Sunday 22 September 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Funk wins B.C. Open
En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September 1996 · Fred Funk’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · final round washed out by heavy rain Sunday; event decided at 54 holes by a playoff
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Pete Jordan USA · 197co-leader when rain washed out the final round; lost the playoff to Funk's birdie on the first extra hole Las Vegas Sun: Sports Briefs: Tiger wraps up 1997 tour slot (Sept 23 1996; Sun wire reports)
139 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
B.C. Open
En-Joie Golf Club, En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Funk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun (Sun wire reports)
23 September 1996
I was just in a cruise mode
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | 68 · 66 · 63 | 197 | −16 |
| 2 | Pete Jordan | 67 · 64 · 66 | 197 | −16 |
| T3 | Patrick Burke | 68 · 67 · 65 | 200 | |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 66 · 66 | 200 | |
| 5 | Brian Claar | 66 · 68 · 68 | 202 | |
| T6 | Joey Sindelar | 69 · 68 · 66 | 203 | |
| T6 | Hugh Royer III | 70 · 66 · 67 | 203 | |
| T6 | Joe Daley | 68 · 73 · 62 | 203 | |
| T9 | David Ogrin | 70 · 67 · 67 | 204 | |
| T9 | Jeff Sluman | 69 · 67 · 68 | 204 | |
| T9 | Bradley Hughes | 71 · 68 · 65 | 204 |
The golfer
born 1956-06-14, Takoma Park, Maryland; USA; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 55 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet