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Monday 27 March 1989European TourYear in Review
James wins AGF Open
Golf de La Grande-Motte, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Monday 27 March 1989 · Mark James’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse £150,000 GBP · start from OWGR event page; end 27 Mar (a Monday) from season table and winner article; OWGR gives 26 Mar (conflict logged)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Mark Mouland WALfinished 3 strokes behind the winner AGF Open - Wikipedia
141 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
AGF Open
Golf de La Grande-Motte, Golf de La Grande-Motte, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 69 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Mark Mouland | |||
| 3 | Bryan Norton | |||
| T4 | Sam Torrance | |||
| T4 | Grant Turner | |||
| T4 | Vijay Singh | |||
| T4 | Ronald Stelten | |||
| T8 | Jamie Howell | |||
| T8 | Andrew Sherborne | |||
| T10 | Stephen Bennett | |||
| T10 | Glenn Ralph | |||
| T10 | David J Russell | |||
| T10 | Juan Quiros | |||
| T10 | Michel Besanceney | |||
| T10 | Mariano Aparicio |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 11; world No. 45 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet