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Sunday 22 April 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
Hayes wins Spanish Open
Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Dale Hayes’s win no. 4 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
13 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Brian Barnes SCOrunner-up, 2 strokes behind Open de España — Wikipedia (served for the fetched URL; Wikipedia internal redirect)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Spanish Open
Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Dale Hayes
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Hayes | 70 · 75 · 67 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Brian Barnes |
The golfer
born 1952-07-01, Pretoria, Union of South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1970; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet