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Sunday 23 April 1995European TourYear in Review
Bossert wins Air France Cannes Open
Royal Mougins, Mougins, Cannes, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 April 1995 · André Bossert’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £225,000 GBP · Air France · Shortened to 36 holes due to rain (Wikipedia, Cannes Open winners table; Bossert article: 'due to weather').
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Øyvind Rojahn NORTied second, two behind, in an event cut to 36 holes by rain. Cannes Open - Wikipedia (winners table, revision 1366427055: 1995 'Shortened to 36 holes due to rain')
- Jean van de Velde FRATied second, two behind, in an event cut to 36 holes by rain. Cannes Open - Wikipedia (winners table, revision 1366427055: 1995 'Shortened to 36 holes due to rain')
142 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Air France Cannes Open
Royal Mougins, Royal Mougins, Mougins, Cannes, France
3 of 5 researched
Winner
André Bossert
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Bossert | 65 · 67 | 132 | −10 |
| T2 | Oyvind Rojahn | |||
| T2 | Jean Van de Velde | |||
| T4 | David Gilford | |||
| T4 | Andrew Coltart | |||
| T6 | Ove Sellberg | |||
| T6 | Mathias Gronberg | |||
| T6 | Domingo Hospital | |||
| T6 | Jon Robson | |||
| T10 | Richard Boxall | |||
| T10 | Adam Hunter | |||
| T10 | Dean Robertson |
The golfer
born 1963-11-14, Johannesburg, South Africa; SUI; turned pro 1989; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 366 that week (OWGR rankBefore 366 (week 16, 1995) from the OWGR player profile events table. Age computed from Wikipedia birth date (14 Nov 1963) and the 23 Apr 1995 final day. tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table '(1)' and wins table; majors null (infobox blank).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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