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Sunday 23 February 1992PGA TourYear in Review
Pate wins Buick Invitational of California
Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 February 1992 · Steve Pate’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Shortened to 54 holes due to rain (Wikipedia tournament article footnote and Steve Pate article)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 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
- Chip Beck USA Steve Pate - Wikipedia
155 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational of California
Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Pate
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Pate | 64 · 69 · 67 | 200 | −16 |
| 2 | Chip Beck | |||
| T3 | Steve Elkington | |||
| T3 | Chris Tucker | |||
| T3 | Robert Wrenn | |||
| T6 | Tom Lehman | |||
| T6 | Bob Lohr | |||
| T6 | Jodie Mudd | |||
| T6 | Mike Springer | |||
| T6 | Tom Watson | |||
| T6 | D A Weibring |
The golfer
born 1961-05-26, Ventura, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 28 that week (OWGR rankBefore, OWGR player profile 1992 events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet