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Sunday 27 June 1993European TourYear in Review
Rocca wins Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, Paris, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 June 1993 · Costantino Rocca’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · Peugeot · End date from the season schedule (27 Jun) and the Independent's Monday report ('yesterday'); start date not stated on a page read. Start date 1993-06-24 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
15 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Paul McGinley IRL · 273Bogeyed the 72nd hole for a 68 to tie, then made double-bogey six at the first play-off hole after going into water. Golf: Rocca triumphs in a French comedy of errors: Ryder Cup beckons Italian, 28 June 1993 (The Independent)
145 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Paris, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Costantino Rocca
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C Rocca | 66 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | P McGinley | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | M James | 69 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | M Roe | 67 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 275 | |
| T4 | A Forsbrand | 68 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 275 | |
| T6 | J Townsend | 71 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 276 | |
| T6 | T Johnstone | 67 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 276 | |
| T6 | D Feherty | 67 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 276 | |
| T6 | J Van de Velde | 67 · 64 · 73 · 72 | 276 | |
| T6 | J Rystrom | 66 · 70 · 67 · 73 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1956-12-04, Bergamo, Italy; ITA; turned pro 1981; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 68 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1993)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet