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Sunday 7 March 1993European TourYear in Review
Nobilo wins Turespaña Open Mediterrania
El Saler, Valencia, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 March 1993 · Frank Nobilo’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £400,000 GBP · Turespaña
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Gordon Brand Jnr SCO · 280Closed with 68 but left a 20ft birdie putt short on the last hole to finish one behind. Golf: Nobilo edges home (The Independent, 8 March 1993)
- David Feherty NIR · 280Closed with 69 and misread a 10ft birdie putt on the last hole to finish one behind. Golf: Nobilo edges home (The Independent, 8 March 1993)
141 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turespaña Open Mediterrania
El Saler, El Saler, Valencia, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Frank Nobilo
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Nobilo | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 70 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 280 | |
| T2 | David Feherty | 70 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 280 | |
| T4 | Jose M Olazabal | 71 · 69 · 75 · 66 | 281 | |
| T4 | Costantino Rocca | 70 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 281 | |
| T4 | Santiago Luna | 67 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 281 | |
| T4 | Thomas Levet | 71 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 281 | |
| T8 | Jim Payne | 68 · 67 · 78 · 69 | 282 | |
| T8 | David Gilford | 70 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 282 | |
| T8 | Jesper Parnevik | 71 · 67 · 73 · 71 | 282 | |
| T8 | Mats Lanner | 73 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 282 | |
| T8 | Mark Roe | 69 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 282 |
The golfer
born 1960-05-14, Auckland, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1979; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 63 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 1993 week 10)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet