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Sunday 8 January 1995PGA TourYear in Review
Elkington wins Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 January 1995 · Steve Elkington’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Bruce Lietzke USALost the playoff to Elkington's birdie on the second extra hole Steve Elkington – Wikipedia (playoff record)
31 started, 30 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Elkington
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Elkington | 69 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| 3 | Bill Glasson | |||
| 4 | Craig Stadler | |||
| T5 | Fred Couples | |||
| T5 | Ben Crenshaw | |||
| T5 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T5 | Tom Lehman | |||
| T9 | John Huston | |||
| T9 | Lee Janzen |
The golfer
born 1962-12-08, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1985; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (1995)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet