Golf Network News
Sunday 23 June 1985European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Carroll's Irish Open
Royal Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 24 on the European Tour · purse £120,000 GBP · end from season-table date (winner's wins table agrees); start not sourced (no 1985 OWGR ranking/event pages; no print source reached in time)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° 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
- Bernhard Langer FRGlost playoff to Seve Ballesteros Irish Open (golf) — Wikipedia
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carroll's Irish Open
Royal Dublin, Royal Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 70 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 24.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet