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Sunday 7 October 1990European TourYear in Review
Torrance wins Mercedes German Masters
West Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 1990 · Sam Torrance’s win no. 13 on the European Tour · purse £450,000 GBP · Mercedes · start date from the OWGR event page; end date from the season table date column
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 34° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Bernhard Langer GERfinished three strokes behind (margin as listed by Wikipedia) German Masters (golf) – Wikipedia
- Ian Woosnam WALfinished three strokes behind (margin as listed by Wikipedia) German Masters (golf) – Wikipedia
102 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mercedes German Masters
West Germany
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Torrance
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Torrance | 70 · 65 · 64 · 73 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Bernhard Langer | |||
| T2 | Ian Woosnam | |||
| T4 | Michael Harwood | |||
| T4 | Jose M Olazabal | |||
| 6 | David Feherty | |||
| 7 | Scott Simpson | |||
| T8 | Sandy Lyle | |||
| T8 | Mark McNulty | |||
| T8 | Paul Broadhurst |
The golfer
born 1953-08-24, Largs, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1970; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 13; world No. 86 that week (OWGR rankBefore).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet