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Sunday 28 March 1993PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 1993 · Nick Price’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/16°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 30 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/16°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 10.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/16°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/12°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 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
- Bernhard Langer GER · 275closed with 71 and finished five strokes behind Price's record 270 1993 Players Championship – Wikipedia
146 started · cut -2, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 64 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer | 65 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Gil Morgan | 68 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Greg Norman | 66 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| 5 | Mark O'Meara | 67 · 71 · 66 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 68 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Ken Green | 70 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Rocco Mediate | 68 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Naomichi Ozaki | 72 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 10 | Tom Watson | 70 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 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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