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Saturday 11 July 1992European TourYear in Review
O'Malley wins Bell's Scottish Open
Gleneagles, Scotland (region; the course comes with research) · Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 July 1992 · Peter O'Malley’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £600,000 GBP · First round Wednesday 8 July (The Independent dated 9 July: 'in the first round yesterday'); final round Saturday 11 July (Wikipedia '11 Jul'; Independent 12 July 'yesterday', 13 July 'On Saturday afternoon'). OWGR ranking-week dates 1992-07-09 to 07-12 not used.
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° 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 · 264Led with birdies at the 11th and 12th and closed with 65, but O'Malley played the last five holes in eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle; needing an eagle at 18, Montgomerie drove into a bunker. Golf: O'Malley steals the flower of Scotland (The Independent, 12 July 1992)
157 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Bell's Scottish Open
Gleneagles, King's Course, Gleneagles, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter O'Malley
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
12 July 1992
I thought, 'This is good', but I just didn't realise I was in contention,
The Independent
13 July 1992
Yes dad, I have had a few drinks but I won the bloody championship. Honest.
The Independent
12 July 1992
I can't complain. O'Malley had a miracle finish.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter O'Malley | 65 · 70 · 65 · 62 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 64 · 70 · 65 | 264 | |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 69 · 62 · 69 · 65 | 265 | |
| T3 | Mark McNulty | 68 · 68 · 66 · 63 | 265 | |
| 5 | Bernhard Langer | 62 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 266 | |
| 6 | Mats Lanner | 64 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 267 | |
| T7 | Ian Woosnam | 66 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 269 | |
| T7 | Craig Parry | 67 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 269 | |
| T7 | Costantino Rocca | 70 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 269 | |
| T10 | Rodger Davis | 70 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 271 | |
| T10 | Peter Senior | 66 · 63 · 72 · 70 | 271 | |
| T10 | Philip Walton | 66 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 271 | |
| T10 | Jamie Spence | 65 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 271 |
The golfer
born 1965-06-23; AUS; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 123 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile events table, 1992)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet