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Sunday 3 March 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Norman wins Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 February to Sunday 3 March 1996 · Greg Norman’s win no. 18 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Ryder
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° 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
- Vijay Singh FIJTied second, two strokes behind Norman (2-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Doral Open – Wikipedia
- Michael Bradley USATied second, two strokes behind Norman (2-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Doral Open – Wikipedia
141 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Doral-Ryder Open
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster), Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Greg Norman
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 67 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | |||
| T2 | Michael Bradley | |||
| T4 | Fulton Allem | |||
| T4 | Jerry Kelly | |||
| T6 | Jay Haas | |||
| T6 | Naomichi Joe Ozaki | |||
| T8 | Lennie Clements | |||
| T8 | Larry Nelson | |||
| T8 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T8 | Jesper Parnevik | |||
| T8 | Patrick Burke | |||
| T8 | Raymond Floyd |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 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