The 1989 Florida Open Championship at Palm Beach Polo & CC.

Jim Ragland

^{Miami Herald
July 31, 1989}

It's been nine long, frustrating years since Jim Ragland turned professional. During that period, he failed five times to make the PGA Tour and never had won a pro tournament.

But Ragland, 30, shook off his past Sunday and shot a five-under-par 67 to capture the Florida Open with a 12-under 276 total. Ragland earned $10,440 at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club after Ron Terry blew his opportunity to send the tournament into a playoff when he missed a two-foot bogey putt.

"I was going to check for my clubs, because I thought it was going into the playoff," said Ragland, a resident of Jacksonville. "It really surprised me when he missed it. You don't root against other golfers, but when he missed it we (Ragland and his wife) cried."

Terry, winner of the Florida Open in 1984 and the leader through the last 46 holes of the 72-hole tournament, came to the final hole at 13 under, one stroke ahead of Ragland.

"As long as I've been playing, nothing like this has happened to me," said Terry of his final-hole double bogey. "I just pushed the last putt."

Ragland, who had four birdies on the back nine Sunday, was in the clubhouse when Terry hit his tee shot on the 18th into the rough. Terry's approach landed off the green, about 50 feet from the hole. A poor chip left Terry 22 feet from the hole, and three putts left him tied for second with former University of Florida golfer Steve Lamontagne. A two-hour rain delay may have helped Ragland. Before play was halted, Ragland had two birdies on the first 11 holes. But when play resumed, he made three birdies on the final seven holes, including two on putts of 65 and 25 feet.

Pos.	Name	Rd. 1	2	3	4	Total	Winnings
1	Jim Ragland, Jacksonville	69	70	70	67	276	$10,440
T2	Steve Lamontagne, Rockledge	68	70	68	71	277
T2	Ron Terry, Tampa	68	69	68	72	277
T4	Daniel Oschmann, Oldsmar	72	67	69	70	278
T4	Marty Stanovich, Tamarac	70	69	69	70	278
T4	Jay Townsend, Tequesta	71	67	69	71	278
T7	Adrian Stills, Orlando	71	72	67	69	279
T7	Dennis Zinkon, Grenelefe	71	68	67	73	279
T9	James Weeden, Deerfield Beach	69	70	74	67	280
T9	Mark Bucek, Winter Springs	73	69	70	68	280
T9	Barney Thompson, Ormond Beach	71	68	70	70	280
T9	Chris Brooks, West Palm Beach (a)	71	72	67	70	280
13	Nick Martin, Atlantic Beach (a)	74	67	71	69	281
14	Arthur Weber, Jr., Tampa	69	71	69	73	282
T15	Scott Dunlap, Sarasota	71	74	62	76	283
T15	Craig Anderson, Bradenton	73	72	69	69	283
T15	Larry Gegenhart, Casselberry	69	78	74	70	283
T15	Mike Shannon, Boca Raton	71	71	71	70	283
T15	Tom Doozan, Apollo Beach	72	72	68	71	283
T15	Greg Kraft, Clearwater	75	66	69	73	283
T15	Dan Wood, Winter Springs	71	68	71	73	283
T15	Brett Upper, Clearwater	68	72	70	73	283
16	Mike Anderson, Boca Raton	70	73	73	68	284	626.50
17	Paul Perini, Hollywood	70	72	72	71	285	487
T18	Bruce Fleisher, Miami	73	73	72	68	286	411.90
T18	Kyle Kolls, West Palm Beach	73	73	68	72	286	411.90
20	Jeff Butler, Coral Springs	74	72	71	70	287	327.20
21	John T. Nagle, Boca Raton (a)	77	72	71	68	288
22	Gary Baker, Homestead	74	73	73	70	290	226.33
23	Greg Jerolaman, Boca Raton	75	70	78	68	291	179.80
T24	Dan St. Louis, West Palm Beach	75	73	70	74	292	143
T24	Wes Smith, Cooper City	75	72	75	70	292	143
T26	Randy Mullen, Coral Springs	70	78	75	70	293	132.20
T26	Buddy Goodwin, Boca Raton	75	74	73	71	293	132.20
T26	Dennis Deja, Largo (a)	72	76	73	72	293
T29	Kenny Huff, West Palm Beach	71	76	69	79	295	125.50
T29	Kurt Foley, Delray Beach	71	70	77	77	295	125.50
T31	Joe Sclortino, Boynton Beach	74	74	76	73	297	119
T31	James Sowerwine, West Palm Beach (a)	78	72	76	71	297
33	Marion Heck, Fort Myers	74	76	71	79	300
34	B. Impeglia, Boynton Beach	73	75	77	80	305

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1989 Florida Open - Palm Beach Polo & CC

Jim Ragland

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