Golf Network News
Sunday 6 November 1983PGA European TourYear in Review
Torrance wins Portuguese Open
Troia, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Sam Torrance’s win no. 7 on the PGA European Tour · purse £45,000 GBP · end = season-table date (matches winner's wins-table date); start not printed by any source read (null)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° 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
- Chris Moody ENGfinished 3 strokes behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Open de Portugal (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Portuguese_Open)
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Troia, Troia, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Torrance
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Torrance | 72 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| 2 | Chris Moody |
The golfer
born 1953-08-24, Largs, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1970; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet