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Sunday 20 September 1992European TourYear in Review

Roe wins Trophée Lancôme

St Nom-la-Breteche, near Paris, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September 1992 · Mark Roe’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £475,000 GBP · start date from OWGR event page (startDate); end = Sunday 20 Sep per Wikipedia season table and Independent ('yesterday', 21 Sep paper)

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 58 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. 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

66 started, 65 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Trophée Lancôme

Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, St Nom-la-Breteche, near Paris, France

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Mark Roe

267Total
−13To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

The Independent

I won a couple of Sheffield and District Alliance meetings last year, but I agree this is the best win of my career.

Mark Roe, quoted in The Independent, 21 September 1992. The report

The Independent

I made my four at that hole, but if it had gone into the rough, it might have been a five or six.

Mark Roe, quoted in The Independent, 21 September 1992. The report

The Independent

I birdied the first three holes to give myself a flying start and never really looked back.

Mark Roe, quoted in The Independent, 21 September 1992. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Mark Roe67 · 69 · 66 · 65267−13
2Vicente Fernández66 · 70 · 69 · 64269
T3Steven Richardson68 · 68 · 71 · 63270
T3Eduardo Romero66 · 67 · 69 · 68270
T3Jim Payne69 · 68 · 65 · 68270
6José María Olazábal65 · 69 · 68 · 69271
7Peter Senior69 · 66 · 66 · 71272
T8Tony Johnstone67 · 67 · 69 · 70273
T8Barry Lane66 · 69 · 68 · 70273
T10Ian Woosnam66 · 68 · 76 · 64274
T10Jamie Spence72 · 67 · 68 · 67274
T10Christy O'Connor Jnr70 · 67 · 68 · 69274
T10Peter Mitchell71 · 65 · 68 · 70274
The golfer

born 1963-02-20, Sheffield, England; ENG; turned pro 1981; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 200 that week (OWGR rankBefore (getPlayerProfileEventsTable, 1992, Trophee Lancome)).

Source

What’s in the bag

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