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Sunday 13 October 1996European TourYear in Review
Kite wins Oki Pro-Am
Golf La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 1996 · purse £450,000 GBP · Oki
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° 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
- Angel Cabrera ARG · 274Overnight leader and one ahead with two to play, he three-putted the short 17th and missed a six-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a play-off; closed with 72. Golf: Fighting Kite copes with wind to triumph - The Independent
114 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Oki Pro-Am
Golf La Moraleja (No. 1 and No. 2 courses), Golf La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Kite
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
14 October 1996
I hadn't won for such a long time that I was beginning to wonder whether I would ever win again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 71 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Angel Cabrera | 274 | ||
| 3 | Seve Ballesteros | 276 | ||
| 4 | David Gilford | |||
| 5 | Klas Eriksson | |||
| 6 | Miles Tunnicliff | |||
| T7 | Malcolm Mackenzie | |||
| T7 | Pedro Linhart | |||
| T9 | Gary Emerson | |||
| T9 | David Higgins |
The golfer
born 1949-12-09, McKinney, Texas; USA; turned pro 1972; age 46 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 123 that week (OWGR rankFrom on the OWGR event page and rankBefore on his OWGR profile, week 41 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet