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Sunday 16 January 1994European TourYear in Review
Lanner wins Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 January 1994 · Mats Lanner’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse 250,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Weather: reduced to 54 holes after low cloud halted play on each of the first three days; the third and final round was completed on Sunday 16 January (The Independent 16 and 17 Jan; Wikipedia: shortened to 54 holes). Dates from OWGR's 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
9 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 30° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Howard Clark ENG · 208Second-round leader; bogeys at the 13th and 15th cost him and he needed an eight-foot birdie putt two holes later to share second. Golf: Lanner ends long wait - The Independent
- Peter Hedblom SWE · 208Shared the 54-hole lead overnight with Clark and Lanner when play stopped on Saturday; finished tied second, two behind. Golf: Mist closes in on Clark / Lanner ends long wait - The Independent
- Mathias Gronberg SWE · 208Tied second, two behind (The Independent results). Sporting Digest: Golf - The Independent
118 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mats Lanner
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
17 January 1994
Obviously you have your doubts, but deep down I thought that some time I would crack it and win again
The Independent
17 January 1994
I made a couple of poor judgements in the wind
The Independent
17 January 1994
the real problem was my putting. I had less than half an idea what was happening on the greens.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mats Lanner | 70 · 67 · 69 | 206 | −10 |
| T2 | Howard Clark | 68 · 67 · 73 | 208 | |
| T2 | Mathias Gronberg | 69 · 70 · 69 | 208 | |
| T2 | Peter Hedblom | 69 · 69 · 70 | 208 | |
| T5 | Jeremy Robinson | 71 · 66 · 74 | 211 | |
| T5 | Miguel Angel Martin | 71 · 69 · 71 | 211 | |
| T5 | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 71 · 67 · 73 | 211 | |
| T8 | Paul Broadhurst | 70 · 67 · 75 | 212 | |
| T8 | Paul Eales | 69 · 73 · 70 | 212 | |
| T8 | Diego Borrego | 69 · 70 · 73 | 212 |
The golfer
born 1961-03-05, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1981; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 152 that week (OWGR rankBefore 152 from the OWGR player profile 1994 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/mats-lanner-553).).
What’s in the bag
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