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Sunday 22 June 1986European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Carroll's Irish Open
Portmarnock, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 1986 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 29 on the European Tour · purse £200,000 GBP · end from season-table date (OWGR endDate agrees: 1986-06-22); start from OWGR event startDate
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 full 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
- Rodger Davis AUStied second, 2 strokes behind Seve Ballesteros Seve Ballesteros — Wikipedia
- Mark McNulty ZIMtied second, 2 strokes behind Seve Ballesteros Seve Ballesteros — Wikipedia
143 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carroll's Irish Open
Portmarnock, Portmarnock, Ireland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 68 · 75 · 68 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T2 | Mark McNulty | |||
| T2 | Rodger Davis | |||
| T4 | Howard Clark | |||
| T4 | Wayne Riley | |||
| T4 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| T7 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T7 | Roger Chapman | |||
| T7 | David Jones | |||
| T7 | Robert Lee | |||
| T7 | Greg Turner |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 29; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet