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Monday 7 July 1986European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Peugeot Open de France
La Boulie, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Monday 7 July 1986 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 31 on the European Tour · purse £125,000 GBP · end from season-table date (OWGR endDate agrees: 1986-07-06); 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
15 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Vicente Fernández ARGrunner-up to Seve Ballesteros (margin disputed: 1 vs 2 strokes) Seve Ballesteros — Wikipedia
150 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Open de France
La Boulie, La Boulie, France
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 | 65 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Vicente Fernandez | |||
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | |||
| 4 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T5 | Rick Hartmann | |||
| T5 | Armando Saavedra | |||
| T7 | Robert Lee | |||
| T7 | Ray Stewart | |||
| T7 | Mark Roe | |||
| 10 | Wayne Westner |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 31; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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