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Sunday 24 March 1996PGA TourYear in Review
McCarron wins Freeport-McDermott Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 March 1996 · Scott McCarron’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · Freeport-McDermott
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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 Watson USAfinished five strokes behind Zurich Classic of New Orleans - Wikipedia (winners table)
137 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Freeport-McDermott Classic
English Turn Golf and Country Club, English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott McCarron
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott McCarron | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | ||
| 3 | Tommy Tolles | ||
| T4 | Lennie Clements | ||
| T4 | Joel Edwards | ||
| T4 | Davis Love III | ||
| T4 | Steve Lowery | ||
| T4 | Blaine McCallister | ||
| T4 | Payne Stewart | ||
| T10 | Stuart Appleby | ||
| T10 | Brad Fabel | ||
| T10 | Jeff Gallagher | ||
| T10 | John Huston | ||
| T10 | Tom Lehman |
The golfer
born 1965-07-10, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 298 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