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Sunday 8 August 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Mize wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 August 1993 · Larry Mize’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Buick · start date from the OWGR event page; end date = Wikipedia 1993 PGA Tour season table date and OWGR end date
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Fuzzy Zoeller USA · 273overnight leader; closed with 73 and finished one behind after Mize holed a six-foot par putt on the final hole Sporting Digest: Golf (The Independent, 1993-08-09)
156 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Larry Mize
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Mize | 64 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 69 · 65 · 66 · 73 | 273 | |
| 3 | Greg Norman | 68 · 73 · 68 · 65 | 274 | |
| T4 | Corey Pavin | 71 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 276 | |
| T4 | Jay Don Blake | 69 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 276 | |
| T6 | Fred Funk | 68 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 277 | |
| T6 | Steve Elkington | 67 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 277 | |
| T6 | Steve Lamontagne | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 | |
| T9 | Payne Stewart | 66 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 278 | |
| T9 | Neal Lancaster | 69 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 278 | |
| T9 | David Toms | 73 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1958-09-23, Augusta, Georgia; USA; turned pro 1980; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, Buick Open event row)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet