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Sunday 28 August 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Olazábal wins NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 August 1994 · José María Olazábal’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse 2,000,000 USD · NEC
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Scott Hoch USA · 270closed with a 70 and finished one stroke behind as Olazábal came from three shots back with a 67 The Independent: Golf: Olazabal takes World Series
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Same week
PGA Tour event
NEC World Series of Golf
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
José María Olazábal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
29 August 1994
I am very proud of the way I played today. The conditions were really tough. It was very windy. The water was more in play today than the past three days.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Olazábal | 66 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Scott Hoch | 71 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 270 | |
| T3 | Brad Faxon | 69 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Steve Lowery | 67 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 271 | −9 |
| T5 | Mark McNulty | 69 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 272 | |
| T5 | John Huston | 73 · 64 · 64 · 71 | 272 | |
| 7 | Mike Heinen | 71 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 273 | |
| T8 | Fred Couples | 69 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 274 | |
| T8 | Greg Norman | 67 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 274 | |
| T10 | Hale Irwin | 70 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 276 | |
| T10 | Nick Price | 68 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1994 week 35); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet