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Monday 1 November 1993European TourYear in Review
Smyth wins Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 October to Monday 1 November 1993 · Des Smyth’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · weather: rain delays and failing light on Sunday 31 Oct left 19 of 68 players on the course; final round completed Monday 1 Nov (The Independent 1 and 2 Nov 1993). Start date from 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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 34° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Mark Roe ENG · 275Tied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner Golf: Smyth fired up at 40 (The Independent, 2 Nov 1993)
- Wayne Westner RSA · 275Tied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner Golf: Smyth fired up at 40 (The Independent, 2 Nov 1993)
- José Rivero ESP · 275Tied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner Golf: Smyth fired up at 40 (The Independent, 2 Nov 1993)
- Domingo Hospital ESP · 275Tied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner Golf: Smyth fired up at 40 (The Independent, 2 Nov 1993)
117 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Des Smyth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
2 November 1993
I'm really relieved. I haven't won since the Jersey Open in 1988 and when you don't win for a long time you never think you are ever going to win again.
The Independent
2 November 1993
When you see how well he can play now he's over 50, there's still hope for us younger guys.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Smyth | 65 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Mark Roe | 69 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 275 | |
| T2 | José Rivero | 68 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 275 | |
| T2 | Domingo Hospital | 68 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 275 | |
| T2 | Wayne Westner | 70 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 275 | |
| T6 | David Feherty | 68 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 276 | |
| T6 | David J Russell | 74 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 276 | |
| T6 | Eduardo Romero | 73 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 276 | |
| T6 | Santiago Luna | 70 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 276 | |
| T10 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 75 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 277 | |
| T10 | David Gilford | 68 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1953-02-12, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1974; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 209 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet