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Sunday 25 April 1993European TourYear in Review
Torrance wins Heineken Open
Osona Montanya, near Barcelona, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 April 1993 · Sam Torrance’s win no. 16 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Heineken · Weather: final round (Sunday 25 April) abandoned after snow, hail, rain and lightning; result declared after 54 holes (The Independent; Wikipedia 'Tournament reduced to 54 holes').
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Jay Townsend USA · 204Three behind Torrance after 54 holes when the final round was washed out. Golf: Torrance happy with torrent - The Independent, 26 Apr 1993
141 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Heineken Open
Osona Montanya, Osona Montanya, near Barcelona, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Torrance
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
26 April 1993
Obviously I didn't want to play but I resigned myself to having to,
The Independent
26 April 1993
There was even a rumour that we would carry on on Monday.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Torrance | 71 · 63 · 67 | 201 | −15 |
| 2 | Jay Townsend | 66 · 69 · 69 | 204 | |
| T3 | Paul Way | 66 · 73 · 66 | 205 | |
| T3 | Andrew Sherborne | 65 · 72 · 68 | 205 | |
| T5 | David Curry | 69 · 73 · 64 | 206 | |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 68 · 69 | 206 | |
| T5 | Eamonn Darcy | 69 · 68 · 69 | 206 | |
| T8 | José María Olazábal | 68 · 73 · 66 | 207 | |
| T8 | Gary Evans | 68 · 69 · 70 | 207 | |
| T8 | Ross Drummond | 66 · 70 · 71 | 207 | |
| T8 | Ian Woosnam | 69 · 67 · 71 | 207 |
The golfer
born 1953-08-24, Largs, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1970; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 0; world No. 94 that week (OWGR rankBefore 94 (week 17, 1993) from the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet