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Monday 28 October 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Lehman wins the Tour Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 24 to Monday 28 October 1996 · Tom Lehman’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 3,000,000 USD · Sunday final round rained out; final round played Monday Oct 28
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/8°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 29 km/h S, gusts 53 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/18°C · wind 24 km/h SSE, gusts 43 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/11°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 45.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/10°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 4.9 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
- Brad Faxon USA · 274started the final round well behind Lehman's nine-stroke 54-hole lead and, by his own account, was 'basically playing for second' ASAP Sports: Brad Faxon, Oct 28 1996
30 started, 28 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Lehman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 1996
There's no gimmees in this world. There's no gimmees in golf. You don't know what a day may bring.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 1996
The third hole I hit it left off the tee and couldn't reach the green and made another bogey, which kind of got me -- felt like I was being punched by Tyson; I was dazed.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 1996
Tom basically kind of ruined everybody else's chance to win, I think. But for me it's obviously making that kind of money, it's huge money; it's the biggest paycheck of my life.
Las Vegas Sun (Sun staff and wire reports)
29 October 1996
In all honesty, I don't think I give myself enough credit. I think my best golf is ahead of me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lehman | 66 · 67 · 64 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Brad Faxon | 274 | ||
| 3 | Steve Stricker | 275 | ||
| 4 | Kenny Perry | |||
| 5 | Fred Couples | |||
| T6 | Tom Watson | |||
| T6 | Ernie Els | |||
| T6 | Justin Leonard | |||
| T9 | Jeff Sluman | |||
| T9 | Vijay Singh |
The golfer
born 1959-03-07, Austin, Minnesota; USA; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet