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Sunday 23 June 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Cook wins FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 June 1996 · John Cook’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,350,000 USD · FedEx
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/22°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 19 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/23°C · wind 7 km/h NE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/24°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 21 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/24°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- John Adams USA · 265finished second alone at 265 (65-64-66-70), seven strokes behind (Independent final scores; Wikipedia margin) The Independent: John Cook's wins St Jude Classic (1996-06-25, with leading final scores)
149 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
3 of 5 researched
Winner
John Cook
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cook | 64 · 62 · 63 · 69 | 258 | −26 |
| 2 | John Adams | 65 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 265 | |
| 3 | Kenny Perry | 67 · 64 · 67 · 68 | 266 | |
| T4 | Gil Morgan | 70 · 65 · 68 · 64 | 267 | |
| T4 | Justin Leonard | 70 · 64 · 66 · 67 | 267 | |
| 6 | Paul Stankowski | 69 · 64 · 66 · 69 | 268 | |
| T7 | Mike Swartz | 64 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 269 | |
| T7 | Michael Bradley | 69 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 269 | |
| T9 | Tom Purtzer | 67 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 270 | |
| T9 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 270 | |
| T9 | John Huston | 67 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 270 |
The golfer
born 1957-10-02, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1979; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 120 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1996 week 25)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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