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Sunday 3 October 1993European TourYear in Review
Richardson wins Mercedes German Masters
Stuttgart, Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 September to Sunday 3 October 1993 · Steven Richardson’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse 600,000 (Purse £) GBP · Mercedes · start date from OWGR; final-round par reduced to 71 and course shortened by almost 300 yards after heavy rain on Saturday (The Independent)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Robert Karlsson SWE · 273Closed with 66 but finished two behind Richardson's final-round 68 Golf: Richardson upstages Cup rivals (The Independent, 4 Oct 1993)
101 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Mercedes German Masters
Stuttgart, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steven Richardson
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
4 October 1993
I was beginning to think everything was against me and I was getting a bit desperate. There were times when I did not think I would get another win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Richardson | 67 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 271 | |
| 2 | Robert Karlsson | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | |
| 3 | Chip Beck | 72 · 63 · 69 · 70 | 274 | |
| T4 | Jesper Parnevik | 70 · 72 · 68 · 66 | 276 | |
| T4 | Bernhard Langer | 73 · 64 · 70 · 69 | 276 | |
| 6 | José María Olazábal | 69 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 277 | |
| T7 | Tom Watson | 74 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 278 | |
| T7 | David Frost | 66 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 278 | |
| 9 | Frank Nobilo | 68 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 279 | |
| T10 | Sandy Lyle | 73 · 70 · 73 · 64 | 280 | |
| T10 | Russell Claydon | 68 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 280 | |
| T10 | Glen Day | 69 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 280 | |
| T10 | Ernie Els | 67 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1966-07-24, Windsor, Berkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1989; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 69 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
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