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Sunday 11 February 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Love wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 February 1996 · Davis Love III’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · Buick
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 18 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0.1 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
- Phil Mickelson USASecond, two strokes behind Love (2-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Farmers Insurance Open – Wikipedia (article now titled 'The Sentry (California)')
154 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South and North courses), Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Davis Love III
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Love III | 66 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | |||
| T3 | Lennie Clements | |||
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | |||
| T3 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T3 | Tom Lehman | |||
| T3 | Marco Dawson | |||
| T8 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T8 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T10 | Joey Sindelar | |||
| T10 | Jesper Parnevik |
The golfer
born 1964-04-13, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 1985; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 0; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (1996)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet