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Sunday 3 March 1996European TourYear in Review
Lawrie wins Catalan Open
Club de Golf Bonmont, Catalonia, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 February to Sunday 3 March 1996 · Paul Lawrie’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Shortened to 36 holes: high winds (gusting up to 70mph) prevented any play on Friday and delayed Saturday by three hours; second round completed Sunday morning (The Independent).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Fernando Roca ESP · 136Lawrie's playing partner; Lawrie's double-bogey five at the 8th (his 17th) let him in, but Lawrie saved par from sand at the last to win by one. A breeze for Lawrie - The Independent
140 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Catalan Open
Club de Golf Bonmont, Club de Golf Bonmont, Catalonia, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Lawrie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
4 March 1996
Now I'm back up to nearly 14 stones and I feel strong. If this event had been over four rounds I would still have won - no doubt about it. I felt that confident.
The Independent
3 March 1996
It was looking very messy at the end. I was streaking ahead, but then I looked like I was throwing it away. I was brain dead at the eighth.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Lawrie | 65 · 70 | 135 | −9 |
| 2 | Fernando Roca | 66 · 70 | 136 | |
| 3 | Domingo Hospital | 66 · 71 | 137 | −7 |
| T4 | Em'l Bolognesi | 71 · 67 | 138 | |
| T4 | Andrew Sherborne | 67 · 71 | 138 | |
| T6 | Juan Carlos Pinero | 68 · 71 | 139 | |
| T6 | Jose Coceres | 67 · 72 | 139 | |
| T8 | Carl Suneson | 74 · 66 | 140 | |
| T8 | David Howell | 66 · 74 | 140 | |
| T10 | Jose Rivero | 69 · 72 | 141 | |
| T10 | Eduardo Romero | 71 · 70 | 141 | |
| T10 | Stephen McAllister | 72 · 69 | 141 | |
| T10 | Miguel Angel Martin | 71 · 70 | 141 | |
| T10 | Richard Green | 73 · 68 | 141 |
The golfer
born 1969-01-01, Aberdeen, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1986; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 291 that week (OWGR rankFrom 291 on the OWGR event page (week 9, 1996). Age 27 stated by The Independent ('The 27-year-old from Aberdeen') and = Wikipedia birth date 1969-01-01 subtracted from end date. tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table '(1)'; Independent 'his first European tour title'. majors_to_date 0: his only major (infobox majorwins 1) was the 1999 Open, after this event.).
What’s in the bag
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