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Sunday 13 February 1994European TourYear in Review
Gilford wins Turespaña Open De Tenerife
Golf del Sur, Tenerife, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 February 1994 · David Gilford’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse 250,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Turespaña · Start/end dates from OWGR's event page; The Independent (14 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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° 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
- Wayne Riley AUS · 280Tied second, two behind, after Gilford's eagle three at the 14th took command. Golf: Gilford's consistency drives him past Barnes - The Independent
- Andrew Murray ENG · 280Tied second, two behind (final round 72). Golf: Gilford's consistency drives him past Barnes - The Independent
- Juan Quiros ESP · 280Spain's main contender; his challenge was ended by Gilford's eagle at the 14th and he closed with 75 to tie second. Golf: Gilford's consistency drives him past Barnes - The Independent
120 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turespaña Open De Tenerife
Golf del Sur, Golf del Sur, Tenerife, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Gilford
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
14 February 1994
I'm not down. . . just annoyed. I had seven three-putts and that tells the whole story.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gilford | 72 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Andrew Murray | 73 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 280 | |
| T2 | Wayne Riley | 68 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 280 | |
| T2 | Juan Quiros | 70 · 68 · 67 · 75 | 280 | |
| T5 | Brian Barnes | 73 · 67 · 64 · 77 | 281 | |
| T5 | Bill Malley | 69 · 76 · 69 · 67 | 281 | |
| T5 | David Ray | 70 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 281 | |
| T5 | Jose M Canizares | 67 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 281 | |
| T9 | Des Smyth | 70 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 283 | |
| T9 | Paul Curry | 69 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Jose Davila | 74 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Jose M Olazabal | 73 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Jonathan Sewell | 74 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 283 | |
| T9 | Ruben Alvarez | 72 · 65 · 73 · 73 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1965-09-14, Crewe, Cheshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1986; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 47 that week (OWGR rankBefore 47 from the OWGR player profile 1994 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/david-gilford-804).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet