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Sunday 30 October 1994PGA TourYear in Review
McCumber wins the Tour Championship
The Olympic Club, Lake Course, San Francisco, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 October 1994 · Mark McCumber’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse 3,000,000 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
10 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° 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
- Fuzzy Zoeller USA · 274forced a playoff with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th and McCumber's three-putt bogey on 18, then lost on the first extra hole to McCumber's 45-50-foot birdie McCumber Wins Playoff (staff and wire reports), The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, 31 October 1994, p.9 (DigitalNC)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship
The Olympic Club, Lake Course, The Olympic Club, Lake Course, San Francisco, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark McCumber
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Daily Tar Heel (staff and wire reports)
31 October 1994
Not only did it give me the line, he got it so close I knew he was in in four, and that made me go for it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark McCumber | 66 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 274 | −10 | |
| 3 | Brad Bryant | |||
| T4 | Bill Glasson | |||
| T4 | David Frost | |||
| 6 | Jay Haas | |||
| 7 | Jeff Maggert | |||
| T8 | Loren Roberts | |||
| T8 | Steve Lowery | |||
| T10 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T10 | Corey Pavin | |||
| T10 | John Huston |
The golfer
born 1951-09-07, Jacksonville, Florida; USA; turned pro 1974; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1994).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet