1993 PGA Championship: Azinger vs. Norman in Playoff

Winner Paul Azinger with the trophy after the 1993 PGA Championship
Winner Paul Azinger with the trophy after the 1993 PGA Championship. David Cannon/Getty Images
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Updated on 11/04/19

At the 1987 British Open, Paul Azinger bogied the final two holes to lose to Nick Faldo. At the 1993 PGA Championship, it was a different story for Azinger: This time, he rallied down the stretch.

Azinger began the final round one stroke off Greg Norman's lead. But Azinger birdied four of the last seven holes and shot 30 on the back nine (the course record) to tie Norman at the end of regulation. The two matched scores on the first hole of the sudden-death playoff. But on the second hole Norman missed a 4-foot putt for par, giving Azinger the win.

It was Norman's second runner-up finish in PGA Championships played at Ohio's Inverness Club. He also finished second here in 1986. Norman had previously in his career lost playoffs at The Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. In losing a playoff in the 1993 PGA Championship, Norman became the second golfer (after Craig Wood) to lose in extra holes at all four professional majors.

Phil Mickelson made his first appearance in a PGA Championship here and finished in a large group tied for sixth.

Vijay Singh shot 63 in the second round, tying the tournament and major championship scoring record.

1993 PGA Championship Scores

Results from the 1993 PGA Championship golf tournament played at the par-71 Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (x-won playoff):

x-Paul Azinger 69-66-69-68--272 $300,000
Greg Norman 68-68-67-69--272 $155,000
Nick Faldo 68-68-69-68--273 $105,000
Vijay Singh 68-63-73-70--274 $90,000
Tom Watson 69-65-70-72--276 $75,000
John Cook 72-66-68-71--277 $47,813
Bob Estes 69-66-69-73--277 $47,813
Dudley Hart 66-68-71-72--277 $47,813
Nolan Henke 72-70-67-68--277 $47,813
Scott Hoch 74-68-68-67--277 $47,813
Hale Irwin 68-69-67-73--277 $47,813
Phil Mickelson 67-71-69-70--277 $47,813
Scott Simpson 64-70-71-72--277 $47,813
Steve Elkington 67-66-74-71--278 $25,000
Brad Faxon 70-70-65-73--278 $25,000
Bruce Fleisher 69-74-67-68--278 $25,000
Gary Hallberg 70-69-68-71--278 $25,000
Lanny Wadkins 65-68-71-74--278 $25,000
Richard Zokol 66-71-71-70--278 $25,000
Jay Haas 69-68-70-72--279 $18,500
Eduardo Romero 67-67-74-71--279 $18,500
Lee Janzen 70-68-71-72--281 $14,500
Jim McGovern 71-67-69-74--281 $14,500
Frank Nobilo 69-66-74-72--281 $14,500
Gene Sauers 68-74-70-69--281 $14,500
Greg Twiggs 70-69-70-72--281 $14,500
Ian Woosnam 70-71-68-72--281 $14,500
Peter Jacobsen 71-67-74-70--282 $10,167
Billy Mayfair 68-73-70-71--282 $10,167
Loren Roberts 67-67-76-72--282 $10,167
Fulton Allem 70-71-70-72--283 $7,058
Mark Calcavecchia 68-70-77-68--283 $7,058
Fred Couples 70-68-71-74--283 $7,058
Mike Hulbert 67-72-72-72--283 $7,058
Stu Ingraham 74-69-71-69--283 $7,058
Wayne Levi 69-73-66-75--283 $7,058
Davis Love III 70-72-72-69--283 $7,058
Mark McCumber 67-72-75-69--283 $7,058
Craig Parry 70-73-68-72--283 $7,058
Nick Price 74-66-72-71--283 $7,058
Hal Sutton 69-72-70-72--283 $7,058
Tom Wargo 71-70-71-71--283 $7,058
Fuzzy Zoeller 72-70-71-70--283 $7,058
Russ Cochran 69-74-70-71--284 $4,608
Dan Forsman 67-75-70-72--284 $4,608
Fred Funk 72-66-76-70--284 $4,608
John Huston 68-69-75-72--284 $4,608
Joe Ozaki 73-68-66-77--284 $4,608
Payne Stewart 71-70-70-73--284 $4,608
D.A. Weibring 68-74-72-70--284 $4,608
John Daly 71-68-73-73--285 $3,600
Hubert Green 70-71-69-75--285 $3,600
Andrew Magee 71-72-74-68--285 $3,600
Jeff Maggert 72-69-71-73--285 $3,600
Peter Senior 69-70-70-76--285 $3,600
Rick Fehr 70-71-72-73--286 $3,110
Tom Kite 73-69-71-73--286 $3,110
Sandy Lyle 69-73-70-74--286 $3,110
Larry Nelson 73-67-74-72--286 $3,110
Jose Maria Olazabal 73-69-73-71--286 $3,110
Michael Allen 73-70-75-69--287 $2,800
Ben Crenshaw 70-70-73-74--287 $2,800
Donnie Hammond 73-70-68-76--287 $2,800
Jeff Sluman 74-69-72-72--287 $2,800
Mike Standly 72-71-68-76--287 $2,800
Ian Baker-Finch 73-69-70-76--288 $2,650
Mark Wiebe 74-69-73-73--289 $2,625
Bob Ford 70-71-78-71--290 $2,588
Rocco Mediate 70-73-74-73--290 $2,588
Steve Pate 73-70-72-77--292 $2,550
Kevin Burton 69-73-76-76--294 $2,513
Barry Lane 67-74-77-76--294 $2,513
Bob Borowicz 72-71-80-72--295 $2,475
John Adams 72-70-76-78--296 $2,450

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