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Sunday 1 May 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Heinen wins Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May 1994 · Mike Heinen’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Shell
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Tom Kite USAtied second, three strokes behind Heinen Houston Open - Wikipedia (winners table, venue history)
- Jeff Maggert USAtied second, three strokes behind Heinen Houston Open - Wikipedia (winners table, venue history)
- Hal Sutton USA · 275tied second, three strokes behind Heinen (final round 69) Sporting Digest: Golf - The Independent, 3 May 1994 (Houston Open leading final-round scores)
152 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mike Heinen
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Heinen | 67 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Tom Kite | |||
| T2 | Hal Sutton | 68 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 275 | |
| T2 | Jeff Maggert | |||
| T5 | Bob Gilder | 66 · 76 · 69 · 67 | 278 | |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 72 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 278 | |
| T7 | Peter Jacobsen | 68 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 279 | |
| T7 | Gil Morgan | 70 · 71 · 72 · 66 | 279 | |
| T7 | John Daly | 68 · 74 · 70 · 67 | 279 | |
| T10 | Dave Barr | 66 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 280 | |
| T10 | Fred Funk | 71 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 280 | |
| T10 | Curtis Strange | 71 · 72 · 66 · 71 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1967-01-17, Rayne, Louisiana; USA; turned pro 1989; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 738 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1994)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet