Golf Network News
Sunday 19 May 1996European TourYear in Review
Ames wins Benson & Hedges International Open
The Oxfordshire, Thame, Oxfordshire, England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 May 1996 · Stephen Ames’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £700,000 GBP · Benson & Hedges
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the 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
- Jon Robson ENG · 284Set the target with a closing 73 for 284 but bogeyed the last; Ames holed a 12-foot par putt at the 18th to win by one. Montgomerie blown away - Tim Glover, The Independent, 20 May 1996 (report + leading final scores)
150 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Benson & Hedges International Open
The Oxfordshire, The Oxfordshire, Thame, Oxfordshire, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Ames
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
21 May 1996
Stephen Ames' round of 72 was exceptional, but the weather ruined the tournament.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 73 · 71 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| 2 | Jon Robson | 70 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 284 | |
| 3 | Derrick Cooper | 71 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 285 | |
| T4 | Ross Drummond | 73 · 69 · 70 · 75 | 287 | |
| T4 | Andrew Coltart | 77 · 67 · 68 · 75 | 287 | |
| T6 | Paul Lawrie | 71 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 288 | |
| T6 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 68 · 70 · 74 · 76 | 288 | |
| T6 | Wayne Riley | 73 · 71 · 67 · 77 | 288 | |
| T9 | Stuart Cage | 73 · 70 · 71 · 77 | 291 | |
| T9 | Pierre Fulke | 74 · 71 · 68 · 78 | 291 | |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 72 · 68 · 67 · 84 | 291 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1964-04-28, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago; TTO; turned pro 1987; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 256 that week (OWGR rankBefore 256 (week 20, 1996) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 256. Nation TTO from The Independent ('The only man from Trinidad and Tobago to play on the European Tour'; list '(Trin)') and Wikipedia (TRI until Sep 2005). tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia 1996 season table '(2)'. majors_to_date null (infobox blank).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet