1993 PGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 12–15, 1993 |
Location | Toledo, Ohio |
Course(s) | Inverness Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,025 yards (6,424 m) |
Field | 151 players, 74 after cut[1] |
Cut | 143 (+1) |
Prize fund | $1.7 million |
Winner's share | $300,000 |
Champion | |
Paul Azinger | |
272 (−12), playoff | |
«1992 1994» |
Club
The 1993 PGA Championship was the 75th PGA Championship, held August 12–15 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
Paul Azinger won his only major title on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Greg Norman.[2][3] Azinger birdied four of the last seven holes to get into the playoff.[4] Norman, the 1993 Open champion, joined Craig Wood as the only players to lose playoffs in all four major championships.[5] It was the fifth playoff under the sudden-death format at the PGA Championship, first used in 1977.
Norman was attempting to become the first player to win the Open Championship and PGA Championship in the same year since Walter Hagen in 1924. It was accomplished the following year by Nick Price, and later by Tiger Woods in 2000 and 2006, Pádraig Harrington in 2008 and Rory McIlroy in 2014.
It was the sixth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1986 and four U.S. Opens (1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979). Norman was also the British Open champion and PGA runner-up in 1986, when Bob Tway holed out from a greenside bunker at the 72nd hole for birdie. Forced to sink his chip to tie, Norman ran it ten feet (3 m) past and bogeyed.[6]
Tom Watson, age 43, was in search of a PGA Championship win to complete a career grand slam. He was a stroke behind after 54 holes, but bogeyed three of the first five holes and finished four strokes back in fifth. Watson later had top ten finishes in 1994 and 2000, but never won the title.
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 398 | 385 | 194 | 466 | 409 | 210 | 452 | 554 | 420 | 3,488 | 363 | 378 | 170 | 515 | 448 | 465 | 409 | 435 | 354 | 3,537 | 7,025 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:[7]
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
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Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 1977 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 278 | −6 | T14 |
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 1992 | 74 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 283 | −1 | T31 |
Hal Sutton | United States | 1983 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 283 | −1 | T31 |
Payne Stewart | United States | 1989 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 284 | E | T44 |
Hubert Green | United States | 1985 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 285 | +1 | T51 |
John Daly | United States | 1991 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 285 | +1 | T51 |
Larry Nelson | United States | 1981, 1987 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 286 | +2 | T56 |
Jeff Sluman | United States | 1988 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 287 | +3 | T61 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Tway | United States | 1986 | 70 | 74 | 144 | +2 |
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980 | 71 | 73 | 144 | +2 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1969, 1982 | 71 | 73 | 144 | +2 |
Wayne Grady | Australia | 1990 | 75 | 70 | 145 | +3 |
John Mahaffey | United States | 1978 | 73 | 76 | 149 | +7 |
David Graham | Australia | 1979 | 76 | 81 | 157 | +15 |
Source:[8]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 12, 1993
Second round
Friday, August 13, 1993
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 68-63=131 | −11 |
T2 | Steve Elkington | Australia | 67-66=133 | −9 |
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 65-68=133 | ||
T4 | Dudley Hart | United States | 66-68=134 | −8 |
Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 67-67=134 | ||
Scott Simpson | United States | 64-70=134 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-65=134 | ||
T8 | Paul Azinger | United States | 69-66=135 | −7 |
Bob Estes | United States | 69-66=135 | ||
Frank Nobilo | New Zealand | 69-66=135 |
Third round
Saturday, August 14, 1993
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Greg Norman | Australia | 68-68-67=203 | −10 |
T2 | Paul Azinger | United States | 69-66-69=204 | −9 |
Bob Estes | United States | 69-66-69=204 | ||
Hale Irwin | United States | 68-69-67=204 | ||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 68-63-73=204 | ||
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 65-68-71=204 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-65-70=204 | ||
T8 | Nick Faldo | England | 68-68-69=205 | −8 |
Brad Faxon | United States | 70-70-65=205 | ||
Dudley Hart | United States | 66-68-71=205 | ||
Scott Simpson | United States | 64-70-71=205 |
Final round
Sunday, August 15, 1993
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | Paul Azinger | United States | 69-66-69-68=272 | −12 | Playoff |
Greg Norman | Australia | 68-68-67-69=272 | |||
3 | Nick Faldo | England | 68-68-69-68=273 | −11 | 105,000 |
4 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 68-63-73-70=274 | −10 | 90,000 |
5 | Tom Watson | United States | 69-65-70-72=276 | −8 | 75,000 |
T6 | John Cook | United States | 72-66-68-71=277 | −7 | 47,813 |
Bob Estes | United States | 69-66-69-73=277 | |||
Dudley Hart | United States | 66-68-71-72=277 | |||
Nolan Henke | United States | 72-70-67-68=277 | |||
Scott Hoch | United States | 74-68-68-67=277 | |||
Hale Irwin | United States | 68-69-67-73=277 | |||
Phil Mickelson | United States | 67-71-69-70=277 | |||
Scott Simpson | United States | 64-70-71-72=277 |
Source:[8]
Scorecard
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]
Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole, a 354-yard (324 m) par-4. Both narrowly missed birdie putts and tapped in for pars, and went to the next hole, the 10th at 363 yards (332 m). Again both hit the fairway and the green. Norman's downhill 20-foot (6 m) birdie attempt ended four feet (1.3 m) short, and Azinger's from seven feet (2.1 m) lipped out, and he tapped in for par. Norman's attempt to save par also rimmed out, and the playoff was over.[5]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Paul Azinger | United States | 4-4 | E | 300,000 |
2 | Greg Norman | Australia | 4-x | +1 | 155,000 |
- Sudden-death playoff was played on holes 18 and 10, both par fours.[5]
References
- ↑ "Tournament Info for: 1993 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ↑ Diaz, Jaime (August 16, 1993). "Norman zinged". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (New York Times). p. D-1.
- ↑ Green, Bob (August 16, 1993). "Azinger wins a major - Norman gets stung". Deseret News. Associated Press. p. D-1.
- ↑ Reilly, Rick (August 23, 1993). "Zinged!". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
- 1 2 3 4 Hackenberg, Dave (August 16, 1993). "A zinger of a finish". Toledo Blade. p. 19.
- ↑ "History: PGA Championships". Inverness Club. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Day One Scorecard". Toledo Blade Toledo Blade. August 13, 1993. p. 30.
- 1 2 "1993 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
External links
- About.com: 1993 PGA Championship
- PGA.com – 1993 PGA Championship
- Yahoo! Sports: 1993 PGA Championship leaderboard
Preceded by 1993 Open Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1994 Masters |
Coordinates: 41°39′07″N 83°39′04″W / 41.652°N 83.651°W