Golf Network News
Sunday 12 March 1995European TourYear in Review
James wins Moroccan Open
Agadir, Morocco · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 March 1995 · Mark James’s win no. 17 on the European Tour · purse 350,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · 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
Daylight needs a date and a 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
- David Gilford ENG · 276Shot a course-record 65 in the final round, matching James's closing 65, and finished one shot behind. GOLF New putter lifts James to victory - The Independent
139 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Moroccan Open
Agadir, Morocco
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
13 March 1995
I've been putting poorly for 18 years so I thought I might as well have a change. I practised with this long putter on my carpet at home last week and it seemed quite good.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 70 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | David Gilford | 71 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 276 | |
| 3 | Robert Karlsson | 68 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 277 | |
| 4 | Alex Cejka | 66 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 278 | |
| T5 | Sam Torrance | 67 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 280 | |
| T5 | Phillip Price | 71 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 280 | |
| T7 | Adam Hunter | 75 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 283 | |
| T7 | Russell Claydon | 69 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 283 | |
| 9 | Andrew Coltart | 70 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 284 | |
| T10 | Roger Chapman | |||
| T10 | Howard Clark | |||
| T10 | Jeff Hawkes | |||
| T10 | Anders Gillner |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 17; world No. 60 that week (OWGR rankBefore 60 from the OWGR player profile 1995 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/mark-james-283). Born/birthplace/turned pro: Wikipedia infobox. tour_wins_to_date: Wikipedia 1995 season table number. Age 41 = Wikipedia birth date subtracted from the sourced end date. 17th European Tour win also stated by The Independent. majors_to_date null: infobox majorwins blank.).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet