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Sunday 5 May 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Brooks wins Shell Houston Open
Place not yet researched (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 1996 · Mark Brooks’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · Shell
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Jeff Maggert USAlost a playoff to Mark Brooks Houston Open - Wikipedia (winners table)
153 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Venue not yet researched
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Brooks
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Brooks | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Jeff Maggert | ||
| 3 | David Duval | ||
| 4 | Woody Austin | ||
| T5 | Greg Kraft | ||
| T5 | Doug Martin | ||
| T5 | Tommy Tolles | ||
| 8 | Andy Bean | ||
| T9 | John Cook | ||
| T9 | Bradley Hughes | ||
| T9 | Clarence Rose | ||
| T9 | Mike Springer | ||
| T9 | Payne Stewart |
The golfer
born 1961-03-25, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; turned pro 1983; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 61 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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