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Sunday 4 July 1993European TourYear in Review
Faldo wins Carroll's Irish Open
Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 1993 · Nick Faldo’s win no. 28 on the European Tour · purse £575,000 GBP · Carroll's · start/end dates from the OWGR event page; event rescheduled to this week after the Monte Carlo Open was cancelled in February (Wikipedia 1993 European Tour)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Jose Maria Olazabal ESP · 276led by four entering the final round, birdied the 16th (holed bunker shot) and 17th to tie with a 69, then lipped out from five feet at the first play-off hole Golf: Faldo finds that extra dimension: Carrolls Irish Open
146 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carroll's Irish Open
Mount Juliet, Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Faldo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
5 July 1993
This is good for my confidence and that's a very important part of golf,
The Independent
6 July 1993
When I won the Irish Open for the first time I wrapped the trophy up, put it in my bag and took it home,
The Independent
6 July 1993
You don't get ulcers over here,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Faldo | 72 · 67 · 72 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 69 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | David Frost | 74 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 279 | |
| 4 | Steven Richardson | 71 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 280 | |
| 5 | Costantino Rocca | 71 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 281 | |
| T6 | Olle Karlsson | 71 · 67 · 72 · 72 | 282 | |
| T6 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 72 · 75 · 66 | 282 | |
| T8 | Wayne Westner | 73 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 283 | |
| T8 | Joakim Haeggman | 71 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 283 | |
| T8 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 69 · 68 · 72 · 74 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 28; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom (event 1242)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet