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Sunday 14 January 1996PGA TourYear in Review
Mickelson wins Nortel Open
Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 January 1996 · Phil Mickelson’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,250,000 USD · Nortel
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° 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
- Bob Tway USASecond, two strokes behind Mickelson (2-stroke margin, Wikipedia winners table) Tucson Open – Wikipedia
157 started, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nortel Open
Starr Pass Golf Club and Tucson National Golf Club, Tucson, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Phil Mickelson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 66 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −14 |
| 2 | Bob Tway | |||
| T3 | Fred Funk | |||
| T3 | Mike Hulbert | |||
| T3 | Bob Estes | |||
| T3 | Lee Janzen | |||
| T7 | John Wilson | |||
| T7 | Omar Uresti | |||
| T9 | Ronnie Black | |||
| T9 | Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T9 | Curtis Strange | |||
| T9 | David Toms |
The golfer
born 1970-06-16, San Diego, California; USA; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 24 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