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Sunday 28 October 1984PGA European TourYear in Review
Torrance wins Sanyo Open
El Prat, Barcelona, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Sam Torrance’s win no. 10 on the PGA European Tour · purse £100,000 GBP · Sanyo · moved: season table strikes the original date 23 Sep and lists 28 Oct; end = 28 Oct per season table (the winner's wins table dates it 23 Sep 1984 — see conflicts); start not printed (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 20 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
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- 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
- Des Smyth IRLlost a playoff on the first extra hole to Torrance's par Barcelona Open (golf) (Wikipedia; fetched as /wiki/Sanyo_Open)
Same week
DP World Tour event
Sanyo Open
El Prat, El Prat, Barcelona, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Torrance
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Torrance | 71 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Des Smyth |
The golfer
born 1953-08-24, Largs, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1970; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 10.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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