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Golf tournament held in 1991
Golf tournament
The
1991 PGA Championship
was the 73rd
PGA Championship
, held August 8?11 at
Crooked Stick Golf Club
in
Carmel, Indiana
, a suburb north of
Indianapolis
.
John Daly
won the first of his two
major
titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up
Bruce Lietzke
.
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Daly, age 25, was the ninth alternate and only got into the field after several others pulled out of the tournament.
Nick Price
withdrew for the birth of his first child and Daly hired his caddy, Jeff "Squeaky" Medlin. Daly's outgoing personality and "grip it and rip it" style of play made him an instant fan favorite. The PGA Championship was also his first
PGA Tour
victory.
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A spectator, Thomas Weaver, died after being struck by
lightning
during a weather delay in the first round. It was the second fatality at a major championship in
1991
. Two months earlier at the
U.S. Open
in
Minnesota
, six people were hit by lightning with one fatality.
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Daly donated $30,000 to Weaver's family for a college fund. Both daughters went on to graduate from college and one is now a doctor.
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Course layout
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Hole
|
1
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2
|
3
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4
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5
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6
|
7
|
8
|
9
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Out
|
10
|
11
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12
|
13
|
14
|
15
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16
|
17
|
18
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In
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Total
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Yards
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343
|
432
|
196
|
457
|
600
|
195
|
441
|
438
|
525
|
3,627
|
453
|
533
|
395
|
180
|
468
|
507
|
469
|
212
|
445
|
3,662
|
7,289
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Par
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
36
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
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36
|
72
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Source:
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Round summaries
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First round
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Thursday, August 8, 1991
Kenny Knox
shot an opening round 67 to take the 18-hole lead alongside reigning
Masters
champion
Ian Woosnam
.
Second round
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Friday, August 9, 1991
Third round
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Saturday, August 10, 1991
Final round
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Sunday, August 11, 1991
Source:
[9]
Scorecard
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|
Eagle
|
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Birdie
|
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Bogey
|
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Double bogey
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Final round
Hole
|
1
|
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
|
18
|
Par
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
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5
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4
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3
|
4
|
5
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4
|
3
|
4
|
Daly
|
?10
|
?11
|
?11
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?11
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?12
|
?12
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?12
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?12
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?12
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?12
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?12
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?12
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?13
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?13
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?14
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?14
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?12
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?12
|
Lietzke
|
?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?7
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?7
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?7
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?9
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?9
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?9
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?9
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Gallagher
|
?2
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?3
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?3
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?2
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?2
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?2
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?2
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?3
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?3
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?4
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?5
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?5
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?4
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?5
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?6
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?6
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?6
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?7
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Knox
|
?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?8
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?6
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?6
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?5
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?6
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?7
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?7
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?7
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?7
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?8
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?8
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?7
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?7
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?6
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:
[3]
Television
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After a quarter century with
ABC Sports
, the PGA Championship returned to
CBS Sports
in 1991.
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References
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- ^
"Tournament Info for: 1991 PGA Championship"
. PGA.com
. Retrieved
July 28,
2012
.
- ^
Shapiro, Leonard (August 12, 1991).
"Daly knocks out PGA field"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon.
(Washington Post)
. p. 1B.
- ^
a
b
Bunch, Ken (August 12, 1991).
"Daly drives his way to easy PGA victory"
.
Milwaukee Sentinel
. p. 1B.
- ^
Garrity, John (August 19, 1991).
"Over drive"
.
Sports Illustrated
. p. 18.
- ^
Saylor, Jack (August 12, 1991).
"Daly comes long way to reach the top"
.
Spokesman-Review
. Spokane, Washington. (Knight-Ridder Newspapers). p. C1.
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Hackenberg, Dave (August 9, 1991).
"Lightning kills spectator at PGA Championship"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. p. 15.
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Ushe, Naledi (May 18, 2021).
"John Daly Set Up College Fund for Daughters of Man Killed by Lightning During PGA Championship"
.
People
. Retrieved
May 19,
2021
.
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"1991 PGA Championship: map and card"
.
Milwaukee Sentinel
. Associated Press. August 8, 1991.
- ^
"1991 PGA Championship"
. databasegolf.com
. Retrieved
August 17,
2013
.
- ^
"Television"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. June 28, 1990. p. 30.
- ^
"CBS locks up PGA Championship rights through 2011"
. ESPN. September 11, 2005
. Retrieved
June 1,
2013
.
- ^
Sandomir, Richard (August 6, 1991).
"TV sports; If it's action you want, CBS says you'll have it"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
June 1,
2013
.
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