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Sunday 8 August 1993European TourYear in Review
Fowler wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 August 1993 · Peter Fowler’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · BMW · start/end dates from the OWGR event page
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 43 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/12°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/9°C · wind 7 km/h NE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0.4 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
- Ian Woosnam WAL · 270overnight leader by three; closed with a 69 despite missing three four-foot putts as Fowler shot 63 Golf: Ryder Cup jump for beaten Woosnam: Purple patch gives Fowler first European Tour win in Munich event
135 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Fowler
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
9 August 1993
It should make Bernard Gallacher a little happier,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Fowler | 67 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Ian Woosnam | 65 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 270 | |
| T3 | Anders Forsbrand | 71 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 271 | |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 66 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 271 | |
| T3 | Peter Mitchell | 69 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 271 | |
| T3 | Gary Orr | 67 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 271 | |
| 7 | Joakim Haeggman | 68 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 272 | |
| 8 | Mark McNulty | 66 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| 9 | De Wet Basson | 66 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 274 | |
| T10 | Juan Quiros | 67 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 275 | |
| T10 | Jesper Parnevik | 68 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1959-06-09, Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1977; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 135 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom (event 1254)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet