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Sunday 26 July 1981PGA European TourYear in Review

Henning wins KLM Dutch Open

Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, The Hague, Netherlands (region; the course comes with research) · Harold Henning’s win no. 1 on the PGA European Tour · purse £40,000 GBP · end from season-table date (winner's wins table agrees); start not sourced

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

15 h 36 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

Same week

DP World Tour event

KLM Dutch Open

Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, The Hague, Netherlands

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Harold Henning

280Total
−8To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Harold Henning71 · 68 · 70 · 71280−8
T2Raymond Floyd
T2Nick Price
The golfer

born 1934-10-03, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1953; age 46 that week; tour wins to date: 1.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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