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Monday 31 August 1992European TourYear in Review
Fernández wins Murphy's English Open
The Belfry, England (region; the course comes with research) · Vicente Fernández’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £550,000 GBP · Monday finish: Wikipedia season table and Wikipedia wins table give 31 Aug; Independent of 1 Sep reports the win 'yesterday'. OWGR lists 27-30 Aug (its week dates) - start left null, see 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
13 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Per-Ulrik Johansson SWE · 284co-leader entering the final round, shot 73 and took six at the 71st hole to finish one behind Golf: Fantasy on the 18th for Fernandez — The Independent
- Fredrik Lindgren SWE · 284co-leader entering the final round, shot 73; Fernández holed a 75-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win by one Golf: Fantasy on the 18th for Fernandez — The Independent
144 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Murphy's English Open
The Belfry, The Belfry, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vicente Fernández
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
1 September 1992
I still can't believe it. I'll have to get the tape from the BBC to see what happened.
The Independent
1 September 1992
I used to be a very good putter but I haven't putted well for the last four or five years. This week I felt a lot better.
The Independent
1 September 1992
I feel terrible. I feel like I lost it but at least a nice guy won.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vicente Fernández | 69 · 72 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Fredrik Lindgren | 69 · 68 · 74 · 73 | 284 | |
| T2 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 71 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 284 | |
| 4 | Barry Lane | 70 · 69 · 78 · 68 | 285 | |
| T5 | Brett Ogle | 72 · 67 · 75 · 72 | 286 | |
| T5 | Mark Roe | 69 · 69 · 75 · 73 | 286 | |
| T7 | Keith Waters | 71 · 69 · 76 · 71 | 287 | |
| T7 | Silvio Grappasonni | 70 · 69 · 74 · 74 | 287 | |
| 9 | Santiago Luna | 73 · 71 · 74 · 70 | 288 | |
| T10 | Gordon J. Brand | 75 · 71 · 74 · 69 | 289 | |
| T10 | Rodger Davis | 67 · 72 · 78 · 72 | 289 |
The golfer
born 1946-04-05, Corrientes, Argentina; ARG; turned pro 1964; age 46 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 129 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable, 1992, Murphys Eng Open)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet