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Sunday 21 April 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Roberts wins MCI Classic
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 April 1996 · Loren Roberts’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,400,000 USD · MCI
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/18°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/18°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 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
- Mark O'Meara USA · 268finished three strokes behind; closed with a 66 for 268, three strokes behind (The Independent) RBC Heritage - Wikipedia (winners table)
118 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
MCI Classic
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Loren Roberts
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loren Roberts | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Mark O'Meara | 268 | |
| 3 | Scott Hoch | ||
| 4 | Davis Love III | ||
| T5 | Nick Price | ||
| T5 | Vijay Singh | ||
| T5 | Tom Watson | ||
| T8 | Jeff Maggert | ||
| T8 | Rocco Mediate | ||
| T8 | Colin Montgomerie | ||
| T8 | Larry Nelson | ||
| T8 | Gene Sauers |
The golfer
born 1955-06-24, San Luis Obispo, California; USA; turned pro 1975; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 17 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
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