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Monday 30 May 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Price wins Southwestern Bell Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas · Thursday 26 to Monday 30 May 1994 · Nick Price’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,400,000 USD · Southwestern Bell · Wikipedia (1994 PGA Tour season table 'May 30'; Nick Price wins table '30 May 1994') dates the win Monday 30 May; OWGR lists the event 26-29 May. No source opened gives the reason for the Monday date.
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/21°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/19°C · wind 29 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 15.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/18°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 9.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Scott Simpson USAlost a sudden-death playoff when Price birdied the first extra hole (Wikipedia: Nick Price, PGA Tour playoff record) Wikipedia: Nick Price
108 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Southwestern Bell Colonial
Colonial Country Club, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 65 · 70 · 67 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Scott Simpson | |||
| 3 | Hale Irwin | |||
| T5 | Brad Faxon | |||
| T5 | Gary Hallberg | |||
| T5 | Tom Lehman | |||
| 8 | Phil Mickelson | |||
| T9 | John Cook | |||
| T9 | Mark McCumber | |||
| T9 | Corey Pavin |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1994)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet