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Sunday 5 May 1996European TourYear in Review
Payne wins Conte of Florence Italian Open
Golf Club Bergamo "L'Albenza", Bergamo, Italy (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 1996 · Jim Payne’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · Conte of Florence · Bad weather on the first two days; two rounds were played on the final day, Sunday 5 May (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
14 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Patrik Sjöland SWELed at 10 under for one hole after Westwood's eight at the 12th, then bogeyed the 14th and the 18th (after missing the green) to lose by one. Payne made to wait for second title - The Independent, 6 May 1996
147 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Conte of Florence Italian Open
Golf Club Bergamo "L'Albenza", Golf Club Bergamo "L'Albenza", Bergamo, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Payne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
6 May 1996
Now I have won the tournament I have a two-year exemption on the Tour and that is the best news I could possibly have had,
The Independent
6 May 1996
When I had my operation in September, 1994, I did not know if I would ever be able to play at this level again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Payne | 275 | −9 |
| 2 | Patrik Sjöland | ||
| T3 | Miguel A Jimenez | ||
| T3 | Lee Westwood | ||
| T3 | Jonathan Lomas | ||
| 6 | Andrew Coltart | ||
| T7 | Eduardo Romero | ||
| T7 | Greg Turner | ||
| T7 | Paul Eales | ||
| T10 | Mark Mouland | ||
| T10 | Ronan Rafferty | ||
| T10 | Mathias Gronberg | ||
| T10 | Padraig Harrington | ||
| T10 | David Howell |
The golfer
born 1970-04-17, Louth, Lincolnshire; ENG; turned pro 1991; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 479 that week (OWGR rankBefore 479 (week 18, 1996) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 479. Age 26 stated by The Independent ('26-year-old Payne'). tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia 1996 season table '(2)' and The Independent ('his second success on the European Tour'). majors_to_date null (infobox blank).).
What’s in the bag
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