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Sunday 27 February 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Stadler wins Buick Invitational of California
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 February 1994 · Craig Stadler’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Buick
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 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
- Steve Lowery USA · 269finished one stroke behind Stadler in solo second (Wikipedia margin 1 stroke; OWGR 2nd; Independent 269) Farmers Insurance Open – Wikipedia
152 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational of California
Torrey Pines Golf Course, Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Craig Stadler
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Stadler | 67 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Steve Lowery | 67 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 269 | |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 68 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 270 | |
| 4 | Hal Sutton | 68 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 272 | |
| 5 | Mark Carnevale | 67 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 273 | |
| T6 | Kirk Triplett | 71 · 63 · 68 · 72 | 274 | |
| T6 | Robin Freeman | 68 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 274 | |
| T6 | Bob Estes | 70 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 274 | |
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia | 69 · 72 · 69 · 65 | 275 | |
| T9 | Lennie Clements | 66 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 275 | |
| T9 | Paul Goydos | 68 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 275 | |
| T9 | Doug Martin | 65 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1953-06-02, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1976; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 49 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (1994)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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