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Sunday 13 October 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Ogrin wins LaCantera Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 1996 · David Ogrin’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,200,000 USD
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Jay Haas USAfinished one stroke behind Ogrin, who held the lead from Friday despite a final-round triple bogey Las Vegas Sun: Sports Briefs: Ogrin 'knew' he would triumph (Oct 14 1996)
146 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
LaCantera Texas Open
La Cantera Golf Club, La Cantera Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Ogrin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun (AP-based brief)
14 October 1996
I tried not to get all giddy and goofy about it, but we knew we were going to win
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Ogrin | 70 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Jay Haas | |||
| 3 | Tiger Woods | |||
| T4 | Len Mattiace | |||
| T4 | Greg Kraft | |||
| T6 | Keith Fergus | |||
| T6 | John Huston | |||
| T6 | Tim Herron | |||
| T9 | Lee Janzen | |||
| T9 | Scott Dunlap |
The golfer
born 1957-12-31, Waukegan, Illinois; USA; turned pro 1980; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 179 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet