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Sunday 26 August 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
James wins Carroll's Irish Open
Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Mark James’s win no. 3 on the PGA European Tour · purse £60,000 GBP · end = season-table date (matches winner's wins-table date); start not printed by any source read
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ed Sneed USAfinished 1 stroke behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Irish Open (golf) (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Carroll's_Irish_Open)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carroll's Irish Open
Portmarnock, Ireland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 73 · 75 · 69 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| 2 | Ed Sneed |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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