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Sunday 20 February 1994European TourYear in Review
Eales wins Extremadura Open
Golf del Guadiana, Badajoz, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 February 1994 · Paul Eales’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse 250,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Start/end dates from OWGR's event page; The Independent (21 Feb) reports the win 'yesterday'.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Peter Hedblom SWE · 282Shot a final-round 70 to take second place alone, one shot behind Eales, who three-putted the 18th but still won. Golf: Eales achieves his goal - The Independent
119 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Extremadura Open
Golf del Guadiana, Golf del Guadiana, Badajoz, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Eales
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
21 February 1994
I shall never forget that sixth hole. I hit the five-iron just perfectly and I saw it go right into the hole. It gave me a big lift.
The Independent
20 February 1994
I've never been in contention in a European Tour event before but I've always wanted to be in to see what I can do.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Eales | 72 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Peter Hedblom | 72 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 282 | |
| T3 | Jose M Canizares | 70 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 283 | |
| T3 | Andrew Coltart | 68 · 74 · 71 · 70 | 283 | |
| T5 | Peter Mitchell | 69 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 284 | |
| T5 | Ian Spencer | 74 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 284 | |
| T5 | Miguel A Jimenez | 67 · 73 · 69 · 75 | 284 | |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 284 | |
| T5 | Jim Payne | 72 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 284 | |
| T5 | Nic Henning | 72 · 71 · 66 · 75 | 284 |
The golfer
born 1963-08-02, Epping, Essex, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 376 that week (OWGR rankBefore 376 from the OWGR player profile 1994 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/paul-eales-3056).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet