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Saturday 31 August 1996European TourYear in Review
Allenby wins One 2 One British Masters
Collingtree Park Golf Club, England (region; the course comes with research) · Robert Allenby’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £700,000 GBP · One 2 One · Saturday finish: the final round and play-off were played on Saturday 31 August (The Independent on Sunday, 1 Sep; Wikipedia season table date 31 Aug)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Miguel Angel Martin ESP · 284Made up five shots with a final-round 68 and birdied the 17th to tie at four under, then missed the green in three and three-putted at the first play-off hole, conceding. Allenby shades it - The Independent
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
One 2 One British Masters
Collingtree Park Golf Club, Collingtree Park Golf Club, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Allenby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
1 September 1996
It was a tough day. Anything can happen as we all saw. I hit some good shots that didn't come off but I was lucky in the end.
The Independent
2 September 1996
He came to my golf day last year. He said I was his hero and he touched my heart. I went to see him in hospital and it makes you sit back and think how lucky you are.
The Independent
31 August 1996
There is always going to be a lot of whingeing in a situation like this, but hey, there's a golf tournament to play and you have to get on with it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel Martin | 284 | −4 | |
| 3 | Costantino Rocca | |||
| 4 | Miguel A Jimenez | |||
| 5 | Ian Woosnam | |||
| 6 | Jose Coceres | |||
| T7 | Antoine Lebouc | |||
| T7 | Joakim Haeggman | |||
| T9 | Philip Walton | |||
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | |||
| T9 | Peter Mitchell | |||
| T9 | Pedro Linhart | |||
| T9 | Klas Eriksson | |||
| T9 | Robert Coles |
The golfer
born 1971-07-12, Melbourne, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 46 that week (OWGR rankFrom (rank entering the event) on the OWGR event page and rankBefore on his OWGR profile, week 35 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet