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Sunday 15 May 1988European TourYear in Review
James wins Peugeot Spanish Open
Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 May 1988 · Mark James’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse £175,000 GBP · Peugeot · 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
14 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a new 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 ENGsecond, 3 strokes behind the winner Open de España - Wikipedia
144 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Spanish Open
Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 63 · 68 · 63 · 68 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Nick Faldo | |||
| 3 | Richard Boxall | |||
| T4 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T4 | Christy O'Connor-Jnr | |||
| T6 | Eamonn Darcy | |||
| T6 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| T9 | Gordon Brand-Jr | |||
| T9 | Derrick Cooper | |||
| T9 | David Williams | |||
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 9.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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