Golf Network News
Sunday 4 November 1984PGA European TourYear in Review
Johnstone wins Portuguese Open
Quinta do Lago, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Tony Johnstone’s win no. 1 on the PGA European Tour · purse £55,000 GBP · end = season-table date (and winner's wins-table date unless a conflict says otherwise); 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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° 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
- Michael King ENGfinished three strokes behind (margin per event article and winner's wins table) Open de Portugal (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Portuguese_Open)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Quinta do Lago, Quinta do Lago, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tony Johnstone
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Johnstone | 70 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Michael King |
The golfer
born 1956-05-02, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); ZIM; turned pro 1979; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet