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Sunday 3 June 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
Lyle wins B.A./Avis Open
Jersey · Sandy Lyle’s win no. 1 on the PGA European Tour · purse £30,000 (season table column Purse (£)) GBP · end date from season table and winner's wins table; start date not found in a source opened
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The weather
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- Howard Clark ENGrunner-up, 3 strokes behind Jersey Open — Wikipedia (served for the fetched URL; Wikipedia internal redirect)
Same week
DP World Tour event
B.A./Avis Open
Jersey
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sandy Lyle
271Total
−13To par
3 strokesMargin
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Lyle | 66 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Howard Clark |
The golfer
born 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; SCO; turned pro 1977; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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