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Sunday 1 November 1987European TourYear in Review
Lee wins Portuguese Open
Estoril, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 1987 · Robert Lee’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £100,000 GBP · start date from the OWGR event page; three rounds only (61-67-67=195 per the winner's wins table) - no source read states why it was 54 holes
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° 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
- Sam Torrance SCOfinished second, 1 stroke behind (event article and winner's wins table) Robert Lee (golfer) - Wikipedia
129 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lee | 61 · 67 · 67 | 195 | −12 |
| 2 | Sam Torrance | |||
| T3 | Ove Sellberg | |||
| T3 | Andrew Sherborne | |||
| T5 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | |||
| T5 | Philip Walton | |||
| T5 | Ian Young | |||
| T8 | Jose Rivero | |||
| T8 | Peter Baker | |||
| 10 | John O'Leary |
The golfer
born 1961-10-12, London, England; ENG; turned pro 1982; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet