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Sunday 12 October 1986European TourYear in Review
Olazábal wins Sanyo Open
El Prat, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 1986 · José María Olazábal’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £175,000 GBP · Sanyo · start and end dates from the OWGR event page; end matches the season table date
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Howard Clark ENGfinished second, 3 strokes behind (event article and winner's wins table; OWGR position 2) José María Olazábal - Wikipedia
147 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Sanyo Open
El Prat, El Prat, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
José María Olazábal
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Olazábal | 69 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Howard Clark | |||
| 3 | Ian Mosey | |||
| T4 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T4 | Ove Sellberg | |||
| T4 | Ian Woosnam | |||
| T7 | Juan Anglada | |||
| T7 | Gordon Brand Jr. | |||
| T7 | Eamonn Darcy | |||
| T7 | Ronan Rafferty | |||
| T7 | Andrew Oldcorn |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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