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Sunday 13 March 1988European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Mallorca Open de Baleares
Mallorca, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 March 1988 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 35 on the European Tour · purse £200,000 GBP · start and end dates from OWGR event page; end date matches season table
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- José María Olazábal ESPsecond, 6 strokes behind the winner Open de Baleares - Wikipedia
144 started, 85 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mallorca Open de Baleares
Mallorca, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 70 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| 3 | Gordon Brand-Jr | |||
| T4 | Martin Poxon | |||
| T4 | Ronan Rafferty | |||
| T4 | Barry Lane | |||
| 7 | John Jacobs | |||
| 8 | Des Smyth | |||
| T9 | Mark James | |||
| T9 | Manuel Pinero | |||
| T9 | Peter Baker | |||
| T9 | Peter Jones | |||
| T9 | John Slaughter | |||
| T9 | Craig McClellan |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 35.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet