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Sunday 14 March 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Honda Classic
Weston Hills Golf and Country Club, Weston, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 March 1993 · Fred Couples’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Honda · weather: shortened to 54 holes after Saturday's play was abandoned because of bad Florida weather (The Independent)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Robert Gamez USA · 207lost a playoff at the second extra hole after hitting his second shot at the par-five into the water Golf: Couples secures play-off victory – The Independent
145 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Honda Classic
Weston Hills Golf and Country Club, Weston Hills Golf and Country Club, Weston, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 64 · 73 · 70 | 207 | |
| 2 | Robert Gamez | 68 · 71 · 68 | 207 | |
| 3 | Larry Mize | 69 · 67 · 72 | 208 | |
| 4 | Dick Mast | 68 · 69 · 72 | 209 | |
| 5 | Craig Parry | 67 · 71 · 72 | 210 | |
| T6 | Steve Pate | 68 · 71 · 72 | 211 | |
| T6 | Mike Smith | 69 · 72 · 70 | 211 | |
| T6 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66 · 75 · 70 | 211 | |
| T6 | David Frost | 68 · 69 · 74 | 211 | |
| T6 | Ed Dougherty | 70 · 74 · 67 | 211 | |
| T6 | Rocco Mediate | 71 · 69 · 71 | 211 | |
| T6 | Jim McGovern | 71 · 69 · 71 | 211 |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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