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Sunday 27 March 1994PGA TourYear in Review
Norman wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 March 1994 · Greg Norman’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 44 · 0 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
- Fuzzy Zoeller USA · 268closed with 67 but finished four strokes behind Norman 1994 Players Championship - Wikipedia (infobox, summary, final-round table with money)
144 started · cut E, 85 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Greg Norman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf / The Players' Championship: Norman is swinging into august form - The Independent (Robinson Holloway, 1994-03-29)
29 March 1994
I was very disappointed in that bogey. It was my only bad swing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 63 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 3 | Jeff Maggert | 65 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 4 | Hale Irwin | 67 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 5 | Nick Faldo | 67 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 68 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Steve Lowery | 68 · 74 · 69 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Davis Love III | 68 · 66 · 70 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Gary Hallberg | 68 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Tom Kite | 65 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Nolan Henke | 73 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1994)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet