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Sunday 15 April 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
Barnes wins Portuguese Open
Vilamoura, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Brian Barnes’s win no. 7 on the PGA European Tour · purse £28,810 (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
13 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Francisco Abreu ESPrunner-up, 2 strokes behind Open de Portugal — Wikipedia (served for the fetched URL; Wikipedia internal redirect)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Vilamoura, Vilamoura, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Brian Barnes
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Barnes | 69 · 75 · 71 · 72 | 287 | −5 |
| 2 | Francisco Abreu |
The golfer
born 1945-06-03, Addington, Surrey, England; SCO; turned pro 1964; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet