Nissan Open 1997: Nick Faldo wins

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Sunday 2 March 1997PGA TourYear in Review

Faldo wins Nissan Open

Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 February to Sunday 2 March 1997 · Nick Faldo’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse $1,400,000 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 12 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a last-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

Craig Stadler USA · 275Defending champion; drew level with a birdie at the first but never got closer than three after the turn, his last chance lipping out from 10 feet at the 17th; closed with a 70. GOLFonline: Faldo wins Nissan Open by 3 strokes, 2 Mar 1997 (Wayback Machine copy of dead page; no agency credit on page)

142 started, 76 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Nissan Open

Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Nick Faldo

272Total

−12To par

3 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)

2 March 1997

This is the kind of course where I was meant to win, and I played exactly how I wanted to.

Nick Faldo, quoted in GOLFonline (no agency credit on page), 2 March 1997. The report

GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)

2 March 1997

This is not just another win. Riviera has a great history, and I know it was a favorite of Ben Hogan's,

Nick Faldo, quoted in GOLFonline (no agency credit on page), 2 March 1997. The report

GOLFonline (no agency credit on page)

2 March 1997

Then I started hitting the ball too good. I was short on putts all day long.

Craig Stadler, quoted in GOLFonline (no agency credit on page), 2 March 1997. The report

Top 10

Pos	Player	Rounds	Total	To par
1	Nick Faldo	66 · 70 · 68 · 68	272	−12
2	Craig Stadler	71 · 66 · 68 · 70	275	−9
3	Scott Hoch	65 · 71 · 71 · 69	276	−8
T4	Fred Funk	67 · 71 · 71 · 68	277	−7
T4	Tom Purtzer	67 · 71 · 69 · 70	277	−7
T6	Robin Freeman	69 · 71 · 68 · 70	278	−6
T6	Scott McCarron	68 · 73 · 64 · 73	278	−6
T6	Omar Uresti	70 · 71 · 69 · 68	278	−6
T9	Fred Couples	68 · 70 · 70 · 71	279	−5
T9	Peter Jacobsen	68 · 75 · 68 · 68	279	−5
T9	David Ogrin	68 · 71 · 72 · 68	279	−5
T9	Mark O'Meara	67 · 69 · 72 · 71	279	−5
T9	Payne Stewart	65 · 72 · 72 · 70	279	−5
T9	Joe Ozaki	73 · 69 · 68 · 69	279	−5
T9	Ted Tryba	70 · 66 · 74 · 69	279	−5
T9	Paul Goydos	66 · 74 · 70 · 69	279	−5

The golfer

born 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 6; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).

Source

What’s in the bag

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