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Sunday 23 August 1987European TourYear in Review
O'Meara wins Lawrence Batley International
England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August 1987 · purse £150,000 GBP · Lawrence Batley · start date from the OWGR event page
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Carl Mason ENGfinished second, 3 strokes behind (event article and winner's wins table) Lawrence Batley International - Wikipedia
150 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Lawrence Batley International
England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark O'Meara
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark O'Meara | 71 · 64 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Carl Mason | |||
| 3 | Andrew Oldcorn | |||
| T4 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T4 | Sam Torrance | |||
| 6 | Howard Clark | |||
| T7 | David Llewellyn | |||
| T7 | Tony Johnstone | |||
| T9 | Simon Bishop | |||
| T9 | Neil Hansen | |||
| T9 | Michael King | |||
| T9 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | |||
| T9 | Des Smyth | |||
| T9 | John Bland | |||
| T9 | Ian Baker-Finch | |||
| T9 | Mark Roe | |||
| T9 | Barry Lane |
The golfer
born 1957-01-13, Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 30 that week.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet