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Sunday 22 October 1989European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Portuguese Open TPC
Quinta do Lago, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 1989 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £275,000 (season table, Purse(£) column: 275,000) GBP · Start 19 Oct from OWGR event page; end 22 Oct on season table and OWGR.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Rodger Davis AUS Portuguese Open - Wikipedia
- Manuel Moreno ESP Portuguese Open - Wikipedia
- Mike Smith USA Portuguese Open - Wikipedia
124 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open TPC
Quinta do Lago, Quinta do Lago, Portugal
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 67 · 65 · 69 · 63 | 264 | −24 |
| T2 | Mike Smith | |||
| T2 | Rodger Davis | |||
| T2 | Manuel Moreno | |||
| T5 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | |||
| T5 | Manuel Pinero | |||
| T7 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T7 | David Feherty | |||
| T7 | Antonio Garrido | |||
| T7 | Peter Fowler | |||
| T7 | Peter Senior | |||
| T7 | Sandy Stephen |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 215 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet