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Sunday 12 May 1996PGA TourYear in Review

Mickelson wins GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Four Seasons Resort and Club, Las Colinas, Irving, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 May 1996 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · GTE

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

13 h 32 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

153 started, 79 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Four Seasons Resort and Club Las Colinas (Tournament Players Course and Cottonwood Valley Course), Four Seasons Resort and Club, Las Colinas, Irving, Texas

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Phil Mickelson

265Total
−15To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Phil Mickelson67 · 65 · 67 · 66265−15
2Craig Parry
3David Duval
T4Jeff Sluman
T4Nick Price
T6Mark Brooks
T6Gil Morgan
T6Corey Pavin
T6Mark Wiebe
T10Hal Sutton
T10Brett Ogle
T10Jeff Maggert
T10Steve Elkington
T10Kirk Triplett
T10Brandel Chamblee
T10Greg Kraft
T10Allen Doyle
The golfer

born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1996 week 19)).

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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