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Sunday 15 August 1993Men’s majorsYear in Review

Azinger wins PGA Championship

Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 1993 · purse $1,700,000 · winner's share $300,000

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 41 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R130°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R229°/20°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 25 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R331°/19°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R429°/20°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. PGA Championship

1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

151 started, 75 (cut at 143) made it

Same week

Men's major

PGA Championship

Inverness Club, Toledo

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Paul Azinger

272Total
−12To par
playoff: sudden death; beat Greg Norman; Azinger 4-4 (par-par); Norman 4 then three-putted from 20 feet (score unknown); 2nd extra hole (hole number unknown)Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Greg Norman

The golfer

b. 1960-01-06, Holyoke, Massachusetts; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Paul Azinger’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet