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Sunday 22 January 1995European TourYear in Review
Couples wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 January 1995 · purse US$700,000 USD · 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
10 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/17°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 271Level with Couples after 54 holes; a two-stroke swing at the 9th (bogey to Couples' birdie) cost him and he holed a 12-footer at the last to keep second. Couples strikes it rich in the Gulf - The Independent
118 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Couples
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
23 January 1995
I have a lazy, slow swing but I hit the ball harder on impact than Monty. It was a big deal to go out and beat Price, Norman, Monty and Els.
The Independent
23 January 1995
I felt bad about it. It was embarrassing.
The Independent
23 January 1995
I thought that a 67 would have been good enough but I was wrong. I've got to be happy with second place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 65 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 63 · 71 · 69 | 271 | |
| T3 | Nick Price | 66 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 272 | |
| T3 | Wayne Riley | 67 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 272 | |
| T3 | Michael Campbell | 69 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 272 | |
| 6 | Greg Norman | 64 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 273 | |
| 7 | Ernie Els | 68 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 274 | |
| T8 | Wayne Westner | 71 · 70 · 70 · 64 | 275 | |
| T8 | Raymond Burns | 67 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 275 | |
| T8 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 35 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore 7 from the OWGR player profile 1995 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/fred-couples-44). Born/birthplace/turned pro: Wikipedia infobox. tour_wins_to_date: Wikipedia 1995 season table number. tour_wins_to_date null: non-member '(n/a)' in the Wikipedia season table. Age 35 stated by The Independent. majors_to_date 1: Wikipedia infobox and The Independent ('won the Masters at Augusta in 1992, his only triumph in the majors').).
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