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Sunday 6 March 1994European TourYear in Review
Olazábal wins Turespaña Open Mediterrania
Torrevieja, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 March 1994 · José María Olazábal’s win no. 14 on the European Tour · purse 300,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Turespaña · Start/end dates from OWGR's event page; the playoff was played the same day ('yesterday', The Independent, 7 March).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Paul McGinley IRL · 276Three shots clear with two holes to play, he double-bogeyed the 235-yard 17th and bogeyed the 18th, then lost the sudden-death playoff at the second extra hole. Golf: Olazabal's play-off win - The Independent
141 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turespaña Open Mediterrania
Torrevieja, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
José María Olazábal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
7 March 1994
I never thought I would win until I saw Paul take a wood at the 17th when he was three shots clear and I thought he would make a mistake.
The Independent
7 March 1994
I had to wait for 20 minutes on the tee before I could take my shot and my mind wandered.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Olazábal | 70 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Paul McGinley | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 | |
| T3 | Gordon J Brand | 68 · 66 · 70 · 74 | 278 | |
| T3 | Peter Baker | 73 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 278 | |
| T5 | Tony Johnstone | 68 · 68 · 68 · 75 | 279 | |
| T5 | Robert Allenby | 70 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 279 | |
| T5 | Klas Eriksson | 67 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 279 | |
| T8 | Juan Quiros | 67 · 67 · 71 · 75 | 280 | |
| T8 | Philip Golding | 68 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 280 | |
| T10 | Miguel A Jimenez | 70 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 281 | |
| T10 | Robert Karlsson | 72 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 281 | |
| T10 | De wet Basson | 71 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 0; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore 14 from the OWGR player profile 1994 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/jose-maria-olazabal-3485).).
What’s in the bag
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