Golf Network News
Sunday 31 March 1991European TourYear in Review
Forsbrand wins Volvo Open di Firenze
Ugolino, Italy (region; the course comes with research) · Anders Forsbrand’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £200,000 GBP · end = Wikipedia season-table date (OWGR event page gives the same end date, 1991-03-31); start not used from OWGR (its start 1991-03-28 not confirmed by a second source)
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° 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
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
145 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Open di Firenze
Ugolino, Ugolino, Italy
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Anders Forsbrand
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anders Forsbrand | 71 · 72 · 66 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Sam Torrance | |||
| T3 | Mark Roe | |||
| 5 | Mats Lanner | |||
| 6 | Johan Rystrom | |||
| T7 | Mark James(Oct1953) | |||
| T7 | Philip Golding | |||
| T9 | Gordon Brand Jr. | |||
| T9 | Paul Curry | |||
| T9 | Santiago Luna | |||
| T9 | Adam Hunter | |||
| T9 | Peter Smith(USA) |
The golfer
born 1961-04-01, Filipstad, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1981; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 186 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile events table 1991)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet