Golf Network News
Monday 27 May 1991European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Virginia Water, Surrey, England (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 24 to Monday 27 May 1991 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 44 on the European Tour · Volvo · dates 24-27 May 1991 from the Wikipedia event article infobox (season table also lists 27 May); OWGR lists 1991-05-23 to 1991-05-26 (ranking-week dates), logged in conflicts
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 271lost playoff on the first extra hole to Ballesteros's birdie 1991 Volvo PGA Championship - Wikipedia
147 started · cut +1, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club (West Course), Virginia Water, Surrey, England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Seve Ballesteros
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Seve Ballesteros | 67 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T1 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Eamonn Darcy | 69 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Bernhard Langer | 67 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Nick Faldo | 69 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 73 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 7 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 66 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Rodger Davis | 71 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Sandy Lyle | 71 · 72 · 69 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | José Rivero | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Johan Ryström | 68 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 44; majors to date: 5; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore, OWGR player profile events table 1991).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet