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Monday 15 May 1978PGA European TourYear in Review
Hayes wins French Open
Golf de la Baule, La Baule-Escoublac, France (region; the course comes with research) · Dale Hayes’s win no. 3 on the PGA European Tour · purse £35,000 (season table column Purse (£)) GBP · end date from season table and winner's wins table; start date not found in a source opened
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Seve Ballesteros ESPrunner-up, 11 strokes behind Open de France — Wikipedia (served for the fetched URL; Wikipedia internal redirect)
Same week
DP World Tour event
French Open
Golf de la Baule, Golf de la Baule, La Baule-Escoublac, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dale Hayes
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Hayes | 66 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros |
The golfer
born 1952-07-01, Pretoria, Union of South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1970; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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