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Sunday 6 September 1992European TourYear in Review
Spence wins Canon European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 September 1992 · Jamie Spence’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £575,000 GBP · start date from OWGR event page; end Sunday 6 Sep per Wikipedia season table. Montgomerie completed his third round at 8.15 am on the final day (Independent).
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Anders Forsbrand SWE · 271birdied the last five holes to force a playoff, lost at the second extra hole Golf: Spence creates stuff of dreams — The Independent
145 started, 64 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Canon European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jamie Spence
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
7 September 1992
I'm delighted after a lot of near misses. I'm not thinking about the Ryder Cup yet - that's a year away. But this is the best possible start.
The Independent
7 September 1992
I've been putting well all week, but that winning putt in the play- off was probably going four feet past.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Spence | 67 · 71 · 73 · 60 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Anders Forsbrand | 68 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 271 | |
| 3 | Colin Montgomerie | 63 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 272 | |
| 4 | Sandy Lyle | 71 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 274 | |
| T5 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 68 · 68 · 74 · 65 | 275 | |
| T5 | Sven Strüver | 68 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 275 | |
| T5 | José Rivero | 64 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 275 | |
| 8 | Jim Payne | 69 · 72 · 72 · 63 | 276 | |
| T9 | Robert Lee | 69 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 277 | |
| T9 | Mats Lanner | 68 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1963-05-26, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 88 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable, 1992, Canon Eur. Mast)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet