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Sunday 2 October 1988European TourYear in Review
Clark wins English Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 1988 · Howard Clark’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse £175,000 (season table, Purse(£) column: 175,000) GBP · Start 29 Sep from OWGR event page; end 2 Oct on season table, Clark's wins table 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
11 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R111°/8°C · wind 37 km/h WNW, gusts 58 · 11.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R212°/7°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/7°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/10°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Peter Baker ENG English Open - Wikipedia
136 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
English Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Howard Clark
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard Clark | 72 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Peter Baker | |||
| T3 | Des Smyth | |||
| T3 | Peter McWhinney | |||
| T5 | Stephen McAllister | |||
| 7 | David J Russell | |||
| T8 | Tony Charnley | |||
| T8 | Bill Longmuir | |||
| T10 | Richard Boxall | |||
| T10 | Mark James | |||
| T10 | Mark Mouland |
The golfer
born 1954-08-26, Leeds, England; ENG; turned pro 1973; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 11.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet