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Sunday 28 February 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Kite wins Nissan Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 1993 · Tom Kite’s win no. 19 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Nissan · Shortened to 54 holes due to rain (Wikipedia tournament article footnote; the Independent calls it rain-shortened)
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a first-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
- Dave Barr CAN · 209 Sport in Short: Golf - The Independent
- Fred Couples USA · 209 Sport in Short: Golf - The Independent
- Donnie Hammond USA · 209 Sport in Short: Golf - The Independent
- Payne Stewart USA · 209 Sport in Short: Golf - The Independent
146 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nissan Los Angeles Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Kite
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 73 · 66 · 67 | 206 | −7 |
| T2 | Dave Barr | 71 · 72 · 66 | 209 | |
| T2 | Fred Couples | 71 · 67 · 71 | 209 | |
| T2 | Donnie Hammond | 69 · 69 · 71 | 209 | |
| T2 | Payne Stewart | 72 · 66 · 71 | 209 | |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 72 · 68 · 70 | 210 | |
| T6 | Rick Fehr | 72 · 67 · 71 | 210 | |
| T6 | Peter Jacobsen | 73 · 68 · 69 | 210 | |
| T6 | Jodie Mudd | 71 · 68 · 71 | 210 | |
| T6 | Greg Twiggs | 72 · 67 · 71 | 210 | |
| T6 | Howard Twitty | 70 · 72 · 68 | 210 | |
| T6 | Jeff Maggert | 71 · 73 · 66 | 210 | |
| T6 | Jay Don Blake | 67 · 72 · 71 | 210 |
The golfer
born 1949-12-09, McKinney, Texas; USA; turned pro 1972; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 19; majors to date: 1; world No. 9 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