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Sunday 29 October 1989European TourYear in Review
Rafferty wins Volvo Masters
Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 October 1989 · Ronan Rafferty’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £400,000 (season table, Purse(£) column: 400,000) GBP · Volvo · Start 26 Oct from OWGR event page; end 29 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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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 ENG Volvo Masters - Wikipedia
80 started, 53 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Masters
Valderrama Golf Club, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ronan Rafferty
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan Rafferty | 72 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| 2 | Nick Faldo | |||
| 3 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| 4 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T5 | Howard Clark | |||
| T5 | Mark James | |||
| T5 | Peter Fowler | |||
| 8 | Craig Parry | |||
| T9 | Ove Sellberg | |||
| T9 | Vicente Fernandez | |||
| T9 | Eduardo Romero |
The golfer
born 1964-01-13, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1981; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 27 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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