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Sunday 1 August 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August 1993 · Nick Price’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Federal Express · 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
13 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/24°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/22°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/21°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/24°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 9.5 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
- Rick Fehr USA · 269tied second, three strokes behind Sporting Digest: Golf (The Independent, 1993-08-02)
- Jeff Maggert USA · 269tied second, three strokes behind Sporting Digest: Golf (The Independent, 1993-08-02)
154 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 69 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| T2 | Rick Fehr | 68 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 269 | |
| T2 | Jeff Maggert | 67 · 65 · 71 · 66 | 269 | |
| 4 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 67 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 270 | |
| 5 | Gil Morgan | 69 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 271 | |
| T6 | Fred Funk | 68 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 272 | |
| T6 | Tom Kite | 70 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 272 | |
| T8 | Jay Delsing | 72 · 69 · 71 · 61 | 273 | |
| T8 | Curtis Strange | 71 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 273 | |
| T10 | Mark Brooks | 70 · 69 · 64 · 71 | 274 | |
| T10 | Dan Pohl | 72 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, Federal Express St. Jude Classic event row)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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