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Sunday 2 September 1979PGA European TourYear in Review
Baiocchi wins Swiss Open
Switzerland (region; the course comes with research) · Hugh Baiocchi’s win no. 5 on the PGA European Tour · purse £48,400 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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Antonio Garrido ESPfinished 5 strokes behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Omega European Masters (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Swiss_Open)
- Dale Hayes RSAfinished 5 strokes behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Omega European Masters (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Swiss_Open)
- Delio Lovato ITAfinished 5 strokes behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Omega European Masters (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Swiss_Open)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Swiss Open
Switzerland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Hugh Baiocchi
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugh Baiocchi | 68 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T2 | Antonio Garrido | |||
| T2 | Dale Hayes | |||
| T2 | Delio Lovato |
The golfer
born 1946-08-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1971; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet