Golf Network News
Sunday 4 October 1981PGA European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 16 on the PGA European Tour · purse £50,000 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
11 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Steve Martin SCOfinished 1 stroke behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Open de España (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges_Spanish_Open)
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 71 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Steve Martin |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet