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Sunday 14 February 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Kite wins Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West (Arnold Palmer Private Course), Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Indian Wells Country Club, Tamarisk Country Club, La Quinta, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 February 1993 · Tom Kite’s win no. 18 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Chrysler · 90-hole pro-am played over five days on four courses (course list from the Wikipedia article; Tamarisk listed among 1993 venues)
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rick Fehr USA · 331 Sport in Short: Golf - The Independent
131 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA West (Arnold Palmer Private Course), Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Indian Wells Country Club, Tamarisk Country Club, PGA West (Arnold Palmer Private Course), Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Indian Wells Country Club, Tamarisk Country Club, La Quinta, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Kite
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 67 · 67 · 64 · 65 · 62 | 325 | −35 |
| 2 | Rick Fehr | 66 · 66 · 70 · 62 · 67 | 331 | |
| 3 | Scott Simpson | 71 · 69 · 66 · 63 · 66 | 335 | |
| T4 | Jay Haas | 66 · 66 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 336 | |
| T4 | Bob Lohr | 68 · 66 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 336 | |
| T4 | Keith Clearwater | 68 · 66 · 68 · 70 · 64 | 336 | |
| T4 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 69 · 68 · 67 · 69 · 63 | 336 | |
| 8 | Bill Glasson | 70 · 64 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 337 | |
| T9 | Fred Couples | 68 · 64 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 338 | |
| T9 | Wayne Levi | 68 · 66 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 338 | |
| T9 | Steve Elkington | 69 · 63 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 338 |
The golfer
born 1949-12-09, McKinney, Texas; USA; turned pro 1972; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 1; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet