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Sunday 14 March 1993European TourYear in Review
Payne wins Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares
Santa Ponsa, Majorca, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 March 1993 · Jim Payne’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Turespaña Iberia
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° 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
- Anders Gillner SWE · 277Led after three rounds, bogeyed the 17th, scrambled a par at the 18th to force a play-off, then lost at the first extra hole (the 17th) after missing the green. Golf: Payne holds nerve (The Independent, 15 March 1993)
142 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares
Santa Ponsa, Santa Ponsa, Majorca, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Payne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
15 March 1993
Playing in the Ryder Cup was always my target at the start of the season. I felt that to qualify I might need to win one or two tournaments. Now I'm after that second win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Payne | 73 · 66 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Anders Gillner | 71 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 277 | |
| 3 | David R Jones | 76 · 68 · 70 · 64 | 278 | |
| 4 | Andrew Sherborne | 72 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 279 | |
| T5 | Greg Turner | 70 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 280 | |
| T5 | Steen Tinning | 69 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 280 | |
| 7 | Ronan Rafferty | 70 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 281 | |
| T8 | Derrick Cooper | 70 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 282 | |
| T8 | Ian Palmer | 71 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 282 | |
| T8 | Joakim Haeggman | 72 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 282 |
The golfer
born 1970-04-17, Louth, Lincolnshire; ENG; turned pro 1991; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 145 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993 week 11)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet