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Sunday 29 August 1993European TourYear in Review
Langer wins Volvo German Open
Hubbelrath, Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 1993 · Bernhard Langer’s win no. 30 on the European Tour · purse £650,000 GBP · Volvo · 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
13 h 24 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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- R2Not yet researched
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- 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
- Peter Baker ENG · 274final-round 69 with birdies at the 14th and 17th; joint second, five strokes behind Langer, and clinched a Ryder Cup place on merit Golf: Baker's berth at The Belfry is confirmed: Langer wins German Open
- Robert Allenby AUS · 274joint second, five strokes behind Langer, who led by two entering the final round and went out in 32 Golf: Baker's berth at The Belfry is confirmed: Langer wins German Open
149 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo German Open
Hubbelrath, Hubbelrath, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bernhard Langer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
30 August 1993
I dreamt then of playing in the Ryder Cup,' Baker said. 'I can't believe it's really happened. It means everything.
The Independent
30 August 1993
I didn't really know what to do for 14 holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 65 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Peter Baker | 68 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 274 | |
| T2 | Robert Allenby | 71 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 274 | |
| T4 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 275 | |
| T4 | Darren Clarke | 69 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 275 | |
| T6 | David Feherty | 67 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 276 | |
| T6 | Joakim Haeggman | 69 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 276 | |
| T8 | Peter O'Malley | 68 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 277 | |
| T8 | Johan Rystrom | 65 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 277 | |
| T8 | David Gilford | 69 · 74 · 65 · 69 | 277 | |
| T8 | Gary Orr | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Bavaria, West Germany; GER; turned pro 1972; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 30; majors to date: 2; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1993, Volvo German Op.)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet