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Sunday 2 April 1989European TourYear in Review
Singh wins Volvo Open Championship
Is Molas, Italy (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April 1989 · Vijay Singh’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
12 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Peter Fowler AUSfinished 3 strokes behind the winner Volvo Open di Firenze - Wikipedia
126 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Open Championship
Is Molas, Is Molas, Italy
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 72 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Peter Fowler | |||
| T3 | Gordon J Brand | |||
| T3 | Bill Longmuir | |||
| T5 | Charles Bolling | |||
| T5 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | |||
| T7 | Ronan Rafferty | |||
| T7 | David Williams | |||
| T7 | Peter O'Malley | |||
| T7 | Massimo Mannelli |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 240 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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