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Sunday 21 January 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Brooks wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Place not yet researched (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 January 1996 · Mark Brooks’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Chrysler · five-round (90-hole) pro-am; start date not stated by a source (OWGR prints its standard week dates 18–21 Jan)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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 Huston USASecond, one stroke behind Brooks (1-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Desert Classic – Wikipedia
128 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Indian Wells Country Club (Classic Course), Tamarisk Country Club, Indian Ridge Country Club (Grove Course) and a fourth course
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Brooks
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Brooks | 66 · 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 337 | −23 |
| 2 | John Huston | |||
| 3 | Scott Hoch | |||
| T4 | Brad Bryant | |||
| T4 | Payne Stewart | |||
| T4 | Nolan Henke | |||
| T7 | Fred Couples | |||
| T7 | Jeff Maggert | |||
| T7 | Kenny Perry | |||
| T7 | Paul Goydos |
The golfer
born 1961-03-25, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; turned pro 1983; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 105 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1996)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet