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Sunday 22 August 1993European TourYear in Review
Woosnam wins Murphy's English Open
Forest of Arden, England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 August 1993 · Ian Woosnam’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse £600,000 GBP · Murphy's · 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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° 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
- Costantino Rocca ITA · 271led Woosnam by a stroke entering the final round, went out in 35 to Woosnam's 32 and finished two behind with a 69 Golf: Woosnam gets ticket to Ryder: Welshman's English Open win secures place in Europe's Belfry team
150 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Murphy's English Open
Forest of Arden, Forest of Arden, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Woosnam
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
23 August 1993
It's been a while. I wasn't as nervous as I've sometimes been in the past. Because I'm putting better it helped me to relax. It's my putting that's been holding me back.
The Independent
23 August 1993
It's nice to go into the Ryder Cup knowing that you're playing well.
The Independent
23 August 1993
He goes for his shots and he'll be a hard man to beat,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 67 · 65 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Costantino Rocca | 70 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 271 | |
| 3 | Jose M Canizares | 66 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 272 | |
| T4 | Ronan Rafferty | 73 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 278 | |
| T4 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 278 | |
| T6 | Brian Marchbank | 70 · 69 · 74 · 66 | 279 | |
| T6 | Mark Roe | 69 · 73 · 67 · 70 | 279 | |
| T6 | Peter Mitchell | 70 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 279 | |
| T6 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 68 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 279 | |
| T10 | Howard Clark | 71 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 280 | |
| T10 | Joakim Haeggman | 70 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 280 | |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 74 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1958-03-02, Oswestry, England; WAL; turned pro 1976; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom (event 1260)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet