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Sunday 26 February 1995European TourYear in Review
Karlsson wins Turespaña Open Mediterrania
Valencia, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 February 1995 · Robert Karlsson’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse 300,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Turespaña · 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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Sam Torrance SCOPlaying in the last group with Karlsson, eagled the 492-yard 18th (drive, nine-iron to two feet) to tie for second, three behind. GOLF : Karlsson's first tour win - The Independent
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez ESPTied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner. GOLF : Karlsson's first tour win - The Independent
- Jarmo Sandelin SWETied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner. GOLF : Karlsson's first tour win - The Independent
- Anders Forsbrand SWETied second, three shots behind the wire-to-wire winner. GOLF : Karlsson's first tour win - The Independent
140 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turespaña Open Mediterrania
Valencia, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Karlsson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Karlsson | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Anders Forsbrand | ||
| T2 | Sam Torrance | ||
| T2 | Miguel A Jimenez | ||
| T2 | Jarmo Sandelin | ||
| T6 | Fredrik Lindgren | 280 | |
| T6 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 280 | |
| T6 | Pierre Fulke | 280 | |
| T9 | Wayne Riley | ||
| T9 | Ross McFarlane | ||
| T9 | Paul Affleck | ||
| T9 | Diego Borrego | ||
| T9 | Lee Westwood |
The golfer
born 1969-09-03, Katrineholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 122 that week (OWGR rankBefore 122 from the OWGR player profile 1995 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/robert-karlsson-4331). Born/birthplace/turned pro: Wikipedia infobox. tour_wins_to_date: Wikipedia 1995 season table number. Age 25 = Wikipedia birth date subtracted from the sourced end date. majors_to_date null: infobox majorwins blank.).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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