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Sunday 9 August 1992European TourYear in Review
Azinger wins BMW International Open
Munich, Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 August 1992 · purse £500,000 GBP · start date from OWGR event page; end Sunday 9 Aug per Wikipedia season table and Azinger wins table
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 30 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).
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- 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
- Mark James ENG · 266came home in 31 for a 64 to join the playoff; overshot the green at the first extra hole Sudden death brings Azinger back to life — The Independent
- Glen Day USA · 266closed with a 65; overshot the green at the first extra hole Sudden death brings Azinger back to life — The Independent
- Bernhard Langer GER · 266closed with a 66; his 15-foot birdie putt in the playoff grazed the hole Sudden death brings Azinger back to life — The Independent
- Anders Forsbrand SWE · 266closed with a 67; put his playoff approach into the water hazard Sudden death brings Azinger back to life — The Independent
146 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Azinger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
10 August 1992
That hole has been good to me.
The Independent
10 August 1992
I've lost my only two play-offs in the States but I'm now two out of two in Europe. It certainly helps my confidence greatly for the US PGA at St Louis this week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Azinger | 66 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Mark James | 69 · 66 · 67 · 64 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Glen Day | 66 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Bernhard Langer | 66 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Anders Forsbrand | 68 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 67 · 72 · 64 | 268 | |
| T6 | Steen Tinning | 70 · 62 · 70 · 66 | 268 | |
| 8 | Sandy Lyle | 70 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 269 | |
| T9 | Frank Nobilo | 68 · 68 · 71 · 63 | 270 | |
| T9 | Stephen McAllister | 70 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 270 | |
| T9 | Ross McFarlane | 67 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 270 | |
| T9 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 62 · 71 · 69 | 270 | |
| T9 | Costantino Rocca | 65 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 270 |
The golfer
born 1960-01-06, Holyoke, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1981; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable, 1992, BMW Internat'nal)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet