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Sunday 31 July 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Pride wins Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 1994 · Dicky Pride’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,250,000 USD · Federal Express
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 6 km/h NNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 5 km/h SSE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 6 km/h E, gusts 13 · 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
- Hal Sutton USA · 267closed with 64 to tie on 267, lost the playoff at the first extra hole The Independent, Sporting Digest: Golf (1 Aug 1994)
- Gene Sauers USA · 267tied on 267, lost the playoff at the first extra hole The Independent, Sporting Digest: Golf (1 Aug 1994)
149 started, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dicky Pride
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dicky Pride | 66 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Gene Sauers | 67 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 267 | |
| T2 | Hal Sutton | 67 · 68 · 68 · 64 | 267 | |
| 4 | Nick Price | 72 · 66 · 66 · 64 | 268 | |
| T5 | Dave Barr | 66 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 269 | |
| T5 | Russ Cochran | 67 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 269 | |
| T5 | Wayne Grady | 70 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 269 | |
| T8 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 270 | |
| T8 | Paul Stankowski | 68 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 270 | |
| T10 | John Cook | |||
| T10 | Gil Morgan | |||
| T10 | Duffy Waldorf | |||
| T10 | Brian Claar | |||
| T10 | Jim Gallagher Jr. |
The golfer
born 1969-07-15, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 643 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1994 week 31); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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