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Sunday 25 February 1990European TourYear in Review
Darcy wins Emirates Airlines Desert Classic
United Arab Emirates (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 February 1990 · Eamonn Darcy’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse US$450,000 USD · start date from OWGR event page; end date per 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
11 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- David Feherty NIRfinished 4 strokes behind the winner Dubai Desert Classic - Wikipedia
129 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Emirates Airlines Desert Classic
United Arab Emirates
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Eamonn Darcy
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eamonn Darcy | 64 · 68 · 75 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | David Feherty | |||
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T3 | Des Smyth | |||
| 5 | David Gilford | |||
| T6 | Denis Durnian | |||
| T6 | Peter Fowler | |||
| T6 | Steven Richardson | |||
| T9 | Nick Faldo | |||
| T9 | Bill Longmuir | |||
| T9 | Mark McNulty | |||
| T9 | Brett Ogle | |||
| T9 | Peter O'Malley |
The golfer
born 1952-08-07, Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1968; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 117 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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