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Sunday 1 August 1993European TourYear in Review
Baker wins Scandinavian Masters
Forsgården Golf Club, Halland, Sweden (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August 1993 · Peter Baker’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £650,000 GBP · 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
16 h 15 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).
- 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
- Anders Forsbrand SWE · 278began the day three behind; made a four at the 16th as Baker double-bogeyed to force a play-off, then was bunkered from the tee and took five at the second extra hole Golf: Nervous Baker gets out of a hole: Wolverhampton youngster wins Gothenburg play-off and improves chances of securing Ryder Cup place
152 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Scandinavian Masters
Forsgården Golf Club, Forsgården Golf Club, Halland, Sweden
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Baker
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
2 August 1993
I was very nervous at the end and I made a real mess of that last hole,
The Independent
2 August 1993
I've never felt so much pressure before but I hit a great four-iron on to the green at the second extra hole and the relief was enormous.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Baker | 67 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Anders Forsbrand | 67 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | 69 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | David Feherty | 68 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 282 | |
| T4 | Rodger Davis | 72 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 282 | |
| 6 | Stephen Ames | 71 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 283 | |
| T7 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 72 · 71 · 73 | 284 | |
| T7 | Robert Karlsson | 72 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 284 | |
| T9 | Brian Marchbank | 71 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 285 | |
| T9 | Paul Way | 71 · 69 · 71 · 74 | 285 | |
| T9 | Frank Nobilo | 69 · 72 · 73 · 71 | 285 | |
| T9 | Costantino Rocca | 72 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 285 | |
| T9 | Steven Richardson | 70 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 285 |
The golfer
born 1967-10-07, Shifnal, Shropshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1986; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 114 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom (event 1250)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet