Golf Network News
Sunday 23 October 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Lietzke wins Las Vegas Invitational
Las Vegas, Nevada (region; the course comes with research) · Bruce Lietzke’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,500,000 USD · 90-hole (five-round) event ending Sunday 23 October; OWGR lists 1994-10-20 as the start date, which cannot hold five rounds - start left null (see conflicts)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Robert Gamez USA · 333closed with a 64 but finished one stroke behind Lietzke's closing 65 Sporting Digest: Golf (Las Vegas Invitational leading final round scores), 25 October 1994, The Independent
143 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Las Vegas Invitational
Las Vegas, Nevada
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Bruce Lietzke
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Lietzke | 66 · 67 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 332 | −28 |
| 2 | Robert Gamez | 66 · 70 · 64 · 69 · 64 | 333 | |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 66 · 66 · 70 · 63 | 335 | |
| T3 | Billy Andrade | 66 · 68 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 335 | |
| T5 | Paul Stankowski | 70 · 66 · 66 · 69 · 65 | 336 | |
| T5 | Bill Glasson | 67 · 68 · 70 · 65 · 66 | 336 | |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 64 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 336 | |
| T8 | Sean Murphy | 64 · 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 337 | |
| T8 | Scott Hoch | 66 · 63 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 337 | |
| T8 | Guy Boros | 70 · 63 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 337 | |
| T8 | Kirk Triplett | 69 · 65 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 337 |
The golfer
born 1951-07-18, Kansas City, Kansas; USA; turned pro 1974; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 13; world No. 73 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
No clipping yet