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Sunday 7 May 1995European TourYear in Review
Torrance wins Italian Open
Le Rovedine, Milan, Italy (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May 1995 · Sam Torrance’s win no. 18 on the European Tour · purse £375,000 GBP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Jose Rivero ESP · 271Closed with a 66, birdying three of the last four holes from two shots back at the start of the day, but Torrance saved par with difficult putts at the 12th and 14th and won by two. Triumph for Torrance - The Independent, 8 May 1995
142 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Italian Open
Le Rovedine, Le Rovedine, Milan, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Torrance
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
8 May 1995
I decided to play and you could say it was the best decision of my life.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Torrance | 69 · 70 · 63 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Jose Rivero | 66 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 271 | |
| T3 | Ronan Rafferty | 67 · 68 · 68 · 73 | 276 | |
| T3 | Mark Litton | 68 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 276 | |
| T3 | Costantino Rocca | 68 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 276 | |
| T3 | Paul Broadhurst | 69 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 276 | |
| T3 | Emanuele Canonica | 68 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 276 | |
| T8 | Tony Johnstone | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | |
| T8 | Peter Baker | 71 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 277 | |
| T8 | Silvio Grappasonni | 71 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 277 | |
| T8 | Neal Briggs | 65 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1953-08-24, Largs, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1970; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 18; world No. 49 that week (OWGR rankBefore 49 (week 18, 1995) from the OWGR player profile events table. Age 41 stated by The Independent ('The 41-year-old Scot'). tour_wins_to_date 18 = Wikipedia season table and wins table; majors null (infobox blank).).
What’s in the bag
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