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Sunday 19 June 1988European TourYear in Review
Olazábal wins Volvo Belgian Open
Royal Bercuit, Belgium (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 1988 · José María Olazábal’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £200,000 GBP · end from season table '19 Jun'; start from 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
16 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Mike Smith USAfinished four strokes behind Olazábal (sole second on OWGR) Belgian Open (golf) — Wikipedia
145 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Belgian Open
Royal Bercuit, Royal Bercuit, Belgium
3 of 5 researched
Winner
José María Olazábal
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Olazábal | 67 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Mike Smith | |||
| T3 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T3 | Ove Sellberg | |||
| 5 | Peter Baker | |||
| T6 | Stephen Bennett | |||
| T6 | Ronan Rafferty | |||
| T6 | Tony Johnstone | |||
| T6 | Eduardo Romero | |||
| T10 | Carl Mason | |||
| T10 | Mats Lanner |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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