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Sunday 30 June 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Weibring wins Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 1996 · D. A. Weibring’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · Canon
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Tom Kite USAfinished second alone, four strokes behind the winner (Wikipedia margin of victory; OWGR 2) Wikipedia: Travelers Championship (permalink)
151 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Canon Greater Hartford Open
TPC at River Highlands, TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
3 of 5 researched
Winner
D. A. Weibring
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D A Weibring | 68 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Tom Kite | |||
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T3 | Fuzzy Zoeller | |||
| T3 | Dicky Pride | |||
| T6 | Joel Edwards | |||
| T6 | Mike Brisky | |||
| 8 | Brad Faxon | |||
| T9 | Steve Jones | |||
| T9 | Roger Maltbie | |||
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland |
The golfer
born 1953-05-25, Quincy, Illinois, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1975; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 106 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1996 week 26)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet