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Sunday 1 November 1992PGA TourYear in Review
Azinger wins the Tour Championship
Pinehurst Resort, No. 2 Course, Pinehurst, North Carolina · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 1992 · Paul Azinger’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 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
10 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 43 · 10.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 21 · 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
- Lee Janzen USAfinished 3 strokes behind (Wikipedia winners table) Tour Championship - Wikipedia (winners table)
- Corey Pavin USAfinished 3 strokes behind (Wikipedia winners table) Tour Championship - Wikipedia (winners table)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship
Pinehurst Resort, No. 2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, No. 2 Course, Pinehurst, North Carolina
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Azinger
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Azinger | 276 | −8 |
| T2 | Corey Pavin | ||
| T2 | Lee Janzen | ||
| 4 | Keith Clearwater | ||
| T5 | Fred Couples | ||
| T5 | Raymond Floyd | ||
| T7 | Brad Faxon | ||
| T7 | Dan Forsman | ||
| T7 | Jay Haas | ||
| T7 | Duffy Waldorf | ||
| T7 | David Frost | ||
| T7 | Greg Norman |
The golfer
born 1960-01-06, Holyoke, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1981; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore, player profile events table 1992 (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/paul-azinger-20)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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