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Sunday 25 August 1996European TourYear in Review
Woosnam wins Volvo German Open
Schloss Nippenburg, Stuttgart, Germany (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 August 1996 · Ian Woosnam’s win no. 28 on the European Tour · purse £700,000 GBP · Volvo · weather: three stoppages for thunderstorms and torrential rain; the fourth round was cancelled on Sunday 25 Aug with Woosnam yet to tee off, making it a 54-hole event
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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° 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
- Thomas Gogele GER · 199Six shots behind Woosnam on 199 after 54 holes when the final round was cancelled for thunderstorms and rain. Golf: Woosnam profits from the weather - The Independent
- Fernando Roca ESP · 199Six shots behind Woosnam on 199 after 54 holes when the final round was cancelled for thunderstorms and rain. Golf: Woosnam profits from the weather - The Independent
- Robert Karlsson SWE · 199Six shots behind Woosnam on 199 after 54 holes when the final round was cancelled for thunderstorms and rain. Golf: Woosnam profits from the weather - The Independent
- Iain Pyman ENG · 199Six shots behind Woosnam on 199 after 54 holes when the final round was cancelled for thunderstorms and rain. Golf: Woosnam profits from the weather - The Independent
150 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo German Open
Schloss Nippenburg, Schloss Nippenburg, Stuttgart, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Woosnam
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
24 August 1996
I guess the realistic par here is 68, not 71, maybe 67. There are a lot of short par fours as well as all the fives being in range. You feel you can birdie every hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Woosnam | 64 · 64 · 65 | 193 | −20 |
| T2 | Thomas Gogele | 199 | ||
| T2 | Robert Karlsson | 199 | ||
| T2 | Fernando Roca | 199 | ||
| T2 | Iain Pyman | 199 | ||
| T6 | Miguel Angel Martin | |||
| T6 | Diego Borrego | |||
| T8 | Roger Chapman | |||
| T8 | Stephen Field | |||
| T8 | Paul Broadhurst | |||
| T8 | Stephen Ames | |||
| T8 | Carl Suneson |
The golfer
born 1958-03-02, Oswestry, England; WAL; turned pro 1976; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 28; majors to date: 1; world No. 24 that week (OWGR rankFrom (rank entering the event) on the OWGR event page and rankBefore on his OWGR profile, week 34 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet