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Saturday 9 July 1994European TourYear in Review
Mason wins Bell's Scottish Open
Gleneagles (King's Course), Perthshire, Scotland (region; the course comes with research) · Carl Mason’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £600,000 GBP · Bell's · Final round played Saturday 9 July, the week before the Open (The Independent on Sunday: won "yesterday"); OWGR lists the event as 7-10 July, so the start date is left null
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Peter Mitchell ENG · 266led overnight, eagled the 310-yard 14th to close within a stroke after Mason three-putted the 17th, but Mason hit a six-iron from 197 yards close at the last to win by one Golf: Mason chips his way to unqualified success (Tim Glover, The Independent, 11 Jul 1994; with final leading scores)
151 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Bell's Scottish Open
Gleneagles (King's Course), Gleneagles (King's Course), Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Carl Mason
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Tim Glover)
11 July 1994
When I get that sand wedge going I'm pretty deadly,
The Independent (Tim Glover)
11 July 1994
They say the second one is easier but it certainly didn't feel that way,
The Independent (Tim Glover)
11 July 1994
He was a lovely guy to play with,' Mason said. 'We talked to each other all the way round.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Mason | 67 · 69 · 61 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Peter Mitchell | 67 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 266 | |
| 3 | Jesper Parnevik | 70 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 67 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 268 | |
| T5 | Darren Clarke | 67 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 270 | |
| T5 | Jonathan Lomas | 66 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 270 | |
| T7 | Brett Ogle | 72 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 271 | |
| T7 | Andrew Oldcorn | 70 · 63 · 67 · 71 | 271 | |
| T7 | Paul Curry | 72 · 64 · 67 · 68 | 271 | |
| T7 | Miguel Angel Martin | 70 · 65 · 65 · 71 | 271 | |
| T7 | Jim McGovern | 71 · 65 · 68 · 67 | 271 |
The golfer
born 1953-06-25, Buxton, Derbyshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1973; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 140 that week (OWGR rankBefore (apiweb.owgr.com player events table, 1994)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet