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Sunday 21 August 1988European TourYear in Review
Woosnam wins Carroll's Irish Open
Portmarnock, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August 1988 · Ian Woosnam’s win no. 10 on the European Tour · purse 225,000 (season table column 'Purse (£)') GBP · Carroll's · end = date column of the 1988 European Tour season table and the winner's Wikipedia wins table; start = OWGR event page 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
14 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° 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
- Nick Faldo ENGtied second, 7 strokes behind (event article, wins table, OWGR T2) Irish Open (golf) - Wikipedia
- José María Olazábal ESPtied second, 7 strokes behind (event article; OWGR T2) Irish Open (golf) - Wikipedia
- Manuel Piñero ESPtied second, 7 strokes behind (event article, wins table, OWGR T2) Irish Open (golf) - Wikipedia
- Des Smyth IRLtied second, 7 strokes behind (event article, wins table, OWGR T2) Irish Open (golf) - Wikipedia
147 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carroll's Irish Open
Portmarnock, Portmarnock, Ireland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Woosnam
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Woosnam | 68 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T2 | Manuel Pinero | |||
| T2 | Des Smyth | |||
| T2 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| T6 | Roger Chapman | |||
| T6 | Eamonn Darcy | |||
| T6 | Bob Shearer | |||
| T6 | Philip Walton | |||
| T6 | Martin Sludds |
The golfer
born 1958-03-02, Oswestry, England; WAL; turned pro 1976; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 10.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet