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Monday 25 May 1992European TourYear in Review
Johnstone wins Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Friday 22 to Monday 25 May 1992 · Tony Johnstone’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · Dates 22–25 May 1992 (Wikipedia event article infobox; season table end 25 May).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/13°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Gordon Brand Jnr SCO · 274Finished two strokes behind Johnstone (Wikipedia final leaderboard). 1992 Volvo PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
- Jose M Olazabal ESP · 274Finished two strokes behind Johnstone (Wikipedia final leaderboard). 1992 Volvo PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
149 started · cut +1, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, West Course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Tony Johnstone
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Johnstone | 67 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 67 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Jose M Olazabal | 71 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Magnus Sunesson | 72 · 68 · 64 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Gary Evans | 74 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | David Gilford | 64 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Jose M Canizares | 70 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 8 | Nick Faldo | 70 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 9 | Johan Rystrom | 69 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Paul Way | 71 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Eduardo Romero | 70 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Peter Senior | 67 · 69 · 74 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Jamie Spence | 67 · 66 · 75 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
ZIM; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 50 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile events table / event page rankFrom, 1992)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet