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Sunday 7 August 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Couples wins Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 1994 · Fred Couples’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
14 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Corey Pavin USAfinished alone in second, two strokes behind Couples Buick Open – Wikipedia (winners table)
154 started, 65 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Open
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 72 · 65 · 65 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Corey Pavin | |||
| T3 | Steve Pate | |||
| T3 | Curtis Strange | |||
| T3 | Greg Kraft | |||
| T6 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T6 | Keith Clearwater | |||
| T8 | Fred Funk | |||
| T8 | Duffy Waldorf | |||
| T8 | Tom Lehman |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington; USA; turned pro 1980; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1994 week 32); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet