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Sunday 25 February 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Stadler wins Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 February 1996 · Craig Stadler’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · Nissan
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Mark Brooks USATied second, one stroke behind Stadler (1-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Los Angeles Open – Wikipedia
- Fred Couples USATied second, one stroke behind Stadler (1-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Los Angeles Open – Wikipedia
- Scott Simpson USATied second, one stroke behind Stadler (1-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Los Angeles Open – Wikipedia
- Mark Wiebe USATied second, one stroke behind Stadler (1-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Los Angeles Open – Wikipedia
141 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Craig Stadler
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Stadler | 67 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Mark Brooks | |||
| T2 | Fred Couples | |||
| T2 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T2 | Mark Wiebe | |||
| T6 | Lanny Wadkins | |||
| T6 | Tom Lehman | |||
| T6 | Hugh Royer III | |||
| T6 | Kelly Gibson | |||
| T10 | Peter Jacobsen | |||
| T10 | Bob Tway | |||
| T10 | Steve Elkington | |||
| T10 | Omar Uresti |
The golfer
born 1953-06-02, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1976; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 1; world No. 56 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