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Sunday 8 September 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Hart wins Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Course, Oakville, Ontario (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 September 1996 · Dudley Hart’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,500,000 USD · Bell · shortened to 54 holes: Saturday's round lost to the remnants of Hurricane Fran
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- David Duval USAfinished one stroke behind Hart in the rain-shortened 54-hole event Las Vegas Sun: Sports Briefs: Hart 10th PGA 1st-time winner (Sept 9 1996)
150 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Course, Glen Abbey Golf Course, Oakville, Ontario
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dudley Hart
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun (AP-based brief)
9 September 1996
It only takes one week
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dudley Hart | 68 · 64 · 70 | 202 | −14 |
| 2 | David Duval | |||
| T3 | Tom Byrum | 205 | ||
| T3 | Taylor Smith | 205 | ||
| T3 | Scott Dunlap | 205 | ||
| 6 | Michael Bradley | |||
| T7 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T7 | Joey Sindelar | |||
| T7 | Tom Lehman | |||
| T7 | Jesper Parnevik |
The golfer
born 1968-08-04, Rochester, New York; USA; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 408 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet