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Sunday 26 April 1981PGA European TourYear in Review

Piñero wins Madrid Open

Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Manuel Piñero’s win no. 5 on the PGA European Tour · 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 32 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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

Madrid Open

Spain

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Manuel Piñero

279Total
−9To par
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Manuel Piñero70 · 68 · 69 · 72279−9
2Des Smyth
The golfer

born 1952-09-01, Badajoz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1968; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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