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Sunday 1 May 1988European TourYear in Review
Harwood wins Portuguese Open
Quinta do Lago, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May 1988 · Mike Harwood’s win no. 1 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
13 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Eamonn Darcy IRLsecond, 1 stroke behind the winner Open de Portugal - Wikipedia
143 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Quinta do Lago, Quinta do Lago, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mike Harwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Harwood | 73 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Eamonn Darcy | |||
| T3 | Des Smyth | |||
| T3 | Peter Baker | |||
| 5 | Peter Fowler | |||
| 6 | Ignacio Gervas | |||
| T7 | Philip Harrison | |||
| T7 | Jose Rivero | |||
| T9 | Richard Boxall | |||
| T9 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T9 | Malcolm Mackenzie | |||
| T9 | Ronan Rafferty | |||
| T9 | Tony Johnstone | |||
| T9 | Wayne Westner |
The golfer
born 1959-01-08, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1979; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet