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Sunday 10 October 1993European TourYear in Review
Clarke wins Alfred Dunhill Open
Royal Zoute Golf Club, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October 1993 · Darren Clarke’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse 600,000 (Purse £) GBP · Alfred Dunhill · start date from OWGR; end date from the Wikipedia season table and OWGR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Nick Faldo ENG · 272Closed with 67 and birdied the last two holes, finishing two behind Golf: Clarke keeps cool to collect first win (The Independent, 11 Oct 1993)
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 272Closing 64 drew level with five holes left for Clarke, who birdied the 15th and 17th to pull away Golf: Clarke keeps cool to collect first win (The Independent, 11 Oct 1993)
116 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Open
Royal Zoute Golf Club, Royal Zoute Golf Club, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Clarke
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
11 October 1993
That putt took the pressure off me. Because I could take a bogey at the last and still win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 272 | |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 69 · 71 · 64 | 272 | |
| T4 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 64 · 72 · 65 | 273 | |
| T4 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 66 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 273 | |
| T4 | Rodger Davis | 74 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 273 | |
| T4 | Seve Ballesteros | 67 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 273 | |
| 8 | Jean Van de Velde | 70 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 274 | |
| 9 | Barry Lane | 71 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 275 | |
| T10 | Greg Turner | 70 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 276 | |
| T10 | Eduardo Romero | 70 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-14, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1990; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 100 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet