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Sunday 9 January 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Mickelson wins Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 1994 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Mercedes
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Fred Couples USA · 276shared the 54-hole lead with Mickelson (208), tied on 276 and lost the playoff when Mickelson parred the second extra hole Phil Mickelson – Wikipedia (PGA Tour playoff record)
25 started, 24 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Phil Mickelson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Fred Couples | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | |
| 3 | Tom Kite | 73 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 278 | |
| T4 | Jay Haas | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | |
| T4 | Scott Simpson | 70 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 280 | |
| T4 | Jeff Maggert | 72 · 74 · 65 · 69 | 280 | |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 71 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 280 | |
| T8 | David Edwards | 75 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 281 | |
| T8 | Howard Twitty | 72 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 281 | |
| 10 | Greg Norman |
The golfer
born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 47 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