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Sunday 4 April 1993European TourYear in Review
Rocca wins Open de Lyon
Golf Club de Lyon, Villette-d'Anthon, near Lyon, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 April 1993 · Costantino Rocca’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £250,000 GBP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Barry Lane ENG · 273Came from well back in the field with an eight-under 64 but finished six behind Rocca's course-record 63 (tied second). Golf: Rocca runs off with first Tour title - The Independent, 5 Apr 1993
- Joakim Haeggman SWE · 273Finished six strokes behind Rocca (tied second). Golf: Rocca runs off with first Tour title - The Independent, 5 Apr 1993
- Gabriel Hjertstedt SWE · 273Finished six strokes behind Rocca (tied second). Golf: Rocca runs off with first Tour title - The Independent, 5 Apr 1993
- Paul McGinley IRL · 273Finished six strokes behind Rocca (tied second). Golf: Rocca runs off with first Tour title - The Independent, 5 Apr 1993
143 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de Lyon
Golf Club de Lyon, Golf Club de Lyon, Villette-d'Anthon, near Lyon, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Costantino Rocca
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costantino Rocca | 67 · 71 · 66 · 63 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Barry Lane | 70 · 69 · 70 · 64 | 273 | |
| T2 | Joakim Haeggman | 69 · 72 · 66 · 66 | 273 | |
| T2 | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 67 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 273 | |
| T2 | Paul McGinley | 67 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| 6 | Antoine Lebouc | 70 · 72 · 67 · 66 | 275 | |
| T7 | Steven Richardson | 67 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 276 | |
| T7 | Gary Orr | 68 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 276 | |
| T7 | Frank Nobilo | 69 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 276 | |
| T7 | Mike Miller | 64 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1956-12-04, Bergamo, Italy; ITA; turned pro 1981; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 82 that week (OWGR rankBefore 82 (week 14, 1993) from the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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