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Sunday 20 April 1986European TourYear in Review
Bland wins Suze Open
Cannes Mougins, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 April 1986 · John Bland’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse 100,000 (column Purse (£)) GBP · Suze · start date from OWGR event page; end date on season table, winner's article and OWGR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Seve Ballesteros ESPsecond, 4 strokes behind the winner Cannes Open - Wikipedia
147 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Suze Open
Cannes Mougins, Cannes Mougins, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
John Bland
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Bland | 68 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| 3 | Neil Hansen | |||
| 4 | Des Smyth | |||
| T5 | Manuel Pinero | |||
| T5 | Ian Woosnam | |||
| T7 | Gordon Brand Jnr | |||
| T7 | Mark Mouland | |||
| T9 | Howard Clark | |||
| T9 | Anders Forsbrand | |||
| T9 | Mark Roe |
The golfer
born 1945-09-22, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; RSA; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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