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Sunday 6 October 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins Las Vegas Invitational
TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada (region; the course comes with research) · Wednesday 2 to Sunday 6 October 1996 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.65 million USD · five-day, 90-hole event
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° 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
- Davis Love III USA · 332birdied his first four holes in the final round but lost a one-hole playoff after bunkering his approach on 18 and failing to get up and down Las Vegas Sun: Tiger clawed out win (Oct 7 1996)
142 started, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Las Vegas Invitational
TPC at Summerlin, TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun
7 October 1996
I expect to win every tournament, or else there's no reason to show up
Las Vegas Sun
7 October 1996
I learned a lot at Quad City when I kind of blew up down the last nine. I put a lot of what I learned to work for me today.
Las Vegas Sun
7 October 1996
I couldn't have played last week. I was too worn out. I had to put the clubs up for a week and rest.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 63 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 332 | −27 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | |||
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | |||
| T3 | Kelly Gibson | |||
| T5 | Ronnie Black | |||
| T5 | Rick Fehr | |||
| T5 | Dave Stockton Jr. | |||
| T8 | Paul Azinger | |||
| T8 | Fred Couples | |||
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | |||
| T8 | Paul Goydos |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 221 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet