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Sunday 29 March 1992PGA TourYear in Review
Love wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 March 1992 · Davis Love III’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.8 million USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/11°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 24 · 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
- Ian Baker-Finch AUS · 277tied for second, four strokes behind Love 1992 Players Championship – Wikipedia
- Phil Blackmar USA · 277tied for second, four strokes behind Love 1992 Players Championship – Wikipedia
- Nick Faldo ENG · 277tied for second, four strokes behind Love, after a closing 74 (Wikipedia leaderboard) 1992 Players Championship – Wikipedia
- Tom Watson USA · 277tied for second, four strokes behind Love 1992 Players Championship – Wikipedia
144 started · cut E, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Davis Love III
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Love III | 67 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Ian Baker-Finch | 70 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Phil Blackmar | 67 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 68 · 67 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Tom Watson | 68 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Craig Parry | 67 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Tom Sieckmann | 71 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 8 | Nick Price | 71 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Mark Brooks | 67 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | John Mahaffey | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | José María Olazábal | 69 · 65 · 75 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | 69 · 69 · 74 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-13, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1992)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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