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Sunday 6 February 1994European TourYear in Review
Norman wins Johnnie Walker Classic
Blue Canyon Golf and Country Club, Phuket, Thailand (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February 1994 · Greg Norman’s win no. 14 on the European Tour · purse 600,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Johnnie Walker · Start/end dates from OWGR's event page; The Independent (7 Feb) reports the win 'yesterday'.
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
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- 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
- Fred Couples USA · 278Led alone four times in the final round but made 12 pars in a row from the seventh, fell short at the last and finished one behind. Golf: Norman feels on top of the world - The Independent
142 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
Blue Canyon Golf and Country Club, Blue Canyon Golf and Country Club, Phuket, Thailand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Greg Norman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
7 February 1994
I knew that 11 under was the magic score. I was in the driving seat. Beware of the sick golfer.
The Independent
7 February 1994
I said to myself on the 18th tee that if you can get a birdie on the last hole every day of your life you're going to have a good score
The Independent
7 February 1994
I knew that the way Greg was playing he'd be a lot better down the stretch than I was.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 75 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Fred Couples | 66 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 278 | |
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 279 | |
| 4 | Ian Woosnam | 68 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 281 | |
| 5 | Michael Harwood | 71 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 282 | |
| T6 | Hsieh Chin-Sheng | 70 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 283 | |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 283 | |
| T8 | David Feherty | 69 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 284 | |
| T8 | Frankie Minoza | 72 · 74 · 67 · 71 | 284 | |
| T10 | Isao Aoki | 70 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 285 | |
| T10 | Sven Struver | 77 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 285 | |
| T10 | Pierre Fulke | 74 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 285 |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 2; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore 2 from the OWGR player profile 1994 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/greg-norman-512).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet