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Monday 17 April 1995European TourYear in Review
Walton wins Open Catalonia
Peralada, Girona, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 13 to Monday 17 April 1995 · Philip Walton’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Gale-force winds: only half the third round was completed on Sunday 16 April; Walton played 30 holes on Monday 17 April to finish (The Independent). OWGR lists the end date as 16 April.
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
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- 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
- Andrew Coltart SCO · 284Led with nine to play but double-bogeyed the 11th; an eagle at the 17th got him within one, then he went over the back of the 18th in two and bogeyed while Walton birdied. Walton ends wait - The Independent, 18 April 1995
145 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open Catalonia
Peralada, Peralada, Girona, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Philip Walton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
18 April 1995
I owe Bob a lot. I've felt a different player this week. But my victory was never as easy as the final scores suggested because Andrew pushed me right to the final hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Walton | 68 · 74 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Andrew Coltart | 284 | ||
| 3 | Howard Clark | 285 | ||
| 4 | Mark Davis | |||
| T5 | Paul Affleck | |||
| T5 | Retief Goosen | |||
| 7 | Sam Torrance | |||
| T8 | Dean Robertson | |||
| T8 | Michael Campbell | |||
| T8 | Pierre Fulke |
The golfer
born 1962-03-28, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1983; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 201 that week (OWGR rankBefore 201 (week 15, 1995) from the OWGR player profile events table. Age computed from Wikipedia birth date (28 Mar 1962) and the 17 Apr 1995 final day. tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia season table and wins table; majors null (infobox blank).).
What’s in the bag
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