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Sunday 18 August 1996PGA TourYear in Review

Rose wins Sprint International

Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 August 1996 · Clarence Rose’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,600,000 USD · Sprint

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 24 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R129°/12°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 37 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R226°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R329°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R429°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 1.3 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

141 started

Same week

PGA Tour event

Sprint International

Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Clarence Rose

31Total
PlayoffMargin

To par and runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Clarence Rose6 · 3 · 12 · 1031
2Brad Faxon
T3Michael Bradley
T3Bob Tway
T5Tom Lehman
T5Justin Leonard
7D A Weibring
8Kenny Perry
T9Billy Andrade
T9Woody Austin
T9John Cook
T9Nick Faldo
T9Paul Goydos
The golfer

born 1957-12-08, Goldsboro, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1981; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 416 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, 1996 week 33); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).

Source

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From the papers

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