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Sunday 19 August 1990European TourYear in Review
James wins NM English Open
The Belfry, England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 August 1990 · Mark James’s win no. 14 on the European Tour · purse £400,000 (season table, Purse(£) column: 400,000) GBP · NM · Start date from OWGR event page; end date 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
14 h 14 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).
- 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
- Sam Torrance SCOlost playoff on first extra hole English Open - Wikipedia
150 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
NM English Open
The Belfry (Brabazon course), The Belfry, England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 76 · 68 · 65 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| 2 | Sam Torrance | |||
| 3 | David Feherty | |||
| 4 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T5 | Howard Clark | |||
| T5 | Derrick Cooper | |||
| T5 | Michael Harwood | |||
| T5 | Stephen McAllister | |||
| T9 | Gordon Brand-Jr | |||
| T9 | Steven Richardson |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 14; world No. 40 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table; matches event page rankFrom)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet