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Sunday 30 June 1996European TourYear in Review
Allenby wins Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 1996 · Robert Allenby’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £600,000 GBP · Peugeot
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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Bernhard Langer GER · 272closed with 66 after six birdies in his first seven holes but a double-bogey six at the 12th; lost the sudden-death play-off when Allenby holed from 30 feet and his 12-footer missed The Independent: Langer denied in play-off (1 Jul 1996)
149 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Allenby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
1 July 1996
Bernhard played awesome and I'm very happy to see him playing well again. But I always felt I could win and it helped to know I've never lost a play-off.
The Independent
1 July 1996
It was a lucky putt, but in play-offs things like that happen all the time.
The Independent
1 July 1996
There was not a great deal I could do about Robert's finish, but I'm excited about the fact that I've not putted that well for a while,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Allenby | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | ||
| T4 | Steven Richardson | ||
| T4 | Paul McGinley | ||
| 6 | Lee Westwood | ||
| T7 | Frank Nobilo | ||
| T7 | Greg Turner | ||
| T7 | Paul Broadhurst | ||
| T10 | Philip Walton | ||
| T10 | Peter Mitchell | ||
| T10 | Miles Tunnicliff |
The golfer
born 1971-07-12, Melbourne, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1991; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 59 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet