1993 PGA Championship

The 1993 PGA Championship was the 75th PGA Championship, held August 12–15 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

1993 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 12–15, 1993
LocationToledo, Ohio
Course(s)Inverness Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,025 yards (6,424 m)
Field151 players, 74 after cut[1]
Cut143 (+1)
Prize fund$1.7 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
Paul Azinger
272 (−12), playoff
Inverness
Club
Location in the United States

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
See also: Inverness Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3983851944664092104525544203,4883633781705154484654094353543,5377,025
Par443443454354435444443671

Source:[7]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Scott Simpson United States64−7
2Lanny Wadkins United States65−6
T3Dudley Hart United States66−5
Richard Zokol Canada
T5Steve Elkington Australia67−4
Dan Forsman United States
Robert Gamez United States
Mike Hulbert United States
Barry Lane England
Mark McCumber United States
Phil Mickelson United States
Loren Roberts United States
Eduardo Romero Argentina

Second round

Friday, August 13, 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Vijay Singh Fiji68-63=131−11
T2Steve Elkington Australia67-66=133−9
Lanny Wadkins United States65-68=133
T4Dudley Hart United States66-68=134−8
Eduardo Romero Argentina67-67=134
Scott Simpson United States64-70=134
Tom Watson United States69-65=134
T8Paul Azinger United States69-66=135−7
Bob Estes United States69-66=135
Frank Nobilo New Zealand69-66=135

Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia68-68-67=203−10
T2Paul Azinger United States69-66-69=204−9
Bob Estes United States69-66-69=204
Hale Irwin United States68-69-67=204
Vijay Singh Fiji68-63-73=204
Lanny Wadkins United States65-68-71=204
Tom Watson United States69-65-70=204
T8Nick Faldo England68-68-69=205−8
Brad Faxon United States70-70-65=205
Dudley Hart United States66-68-71=205
Scott Simpson United States64-70-71=205

Final round

Sunday, August 15, 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Paul Azinger United States69-66-69-68=272−12Playoff
Greg Norman Australia68-68-67-69=272
3Nick Faldo England68-68-69-68=273−11105,000
4Vijay Singh Fiji68-63-73-70=274−1090,000
5Tom Watson United States69-65-70-72=276−875,000
T6John Cook United States72-66-68-71=277−747,813
Bob Estes United States69-66-69-73=277
Dudley Hart United States66-68-71-72=277
Nolan Henke United States72-70-67-68=277
Scott Hoch United States74-68-68-67=277
Hale Irwin United States68-69-67-73=277
Phil Mickelson United States67-71-69-70=277
Scott Simpson United States64-70-71-72=277

Source:[8]

Scorecard
Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par443443454443544444
Azinger−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−11−12−12
Norman−10−10−11−11−11−9−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12
Faldo−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11
Singh−9−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10
Watson−8−8−7−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Paul Azinger United States4-4E300,000
2Greg Norman Australia4-x+1155,000
  • Sudden-death playoff was played on holes 18 and 10, both par fours.[5]

References
  1. "Tournament Info for: 1993 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  2. Diaz, Jaime (August 16, 1993). "Norman zinged". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (New York Times). p. D-1.
  3. Green, Bob (August 16, 1993). "Azinger wins a major - Norman gets stung". Deseret News. Associated Press. p. D-1.
  4. Reilly, Rick (August 23, 1993). "Zinged!". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  5. Hackenberg, Dave (August 16, 1993). "A zinger of a finish". Toledo Blade. p. 19.
  6. "History: PGA Championships". Inverness Club. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  7. "Day One Scorecard". Toledo Blade Toledo Blade. August 13, 1993. p. 30.
  8. "1993 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
Preceded by
1993 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1994 Masters

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