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Sunday 28 August 1988European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins German Open
Frankfurter, West Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 August 1988 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 38 on the European Tour · purse 275,000 (season table column 'Purse (£)') GBP · 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
13 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Gordon Brand Jnr SCOfinished second, 5 strokes behind (event article and winner's Wikipedia wins table) Seve Ballesteros - Wikipedia
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Same week
DP World Tour event
German Open
Frankfurter, Frankfurter, West Germany
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 68 · 68 · 65 · 62 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Gordon Brand Jr. | |||
| T3 | Bill Longmuir | |||
| T3 | Mike Clayton | |||
| 5 | Mark James | |||
| T6 | Bob E Smith | |||
| T6 | Richard Boxall | |||
| T6 | Carl Mason | |||
| T6 | Des Smyth | |||
| T10 | Mike Smith | |||
| T10 | Frank Nobilo | |||
| T10 | Peter Senior |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 38.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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