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Sunday 20 April 1997European TourYear in Review
Cage wins Europe 1 Cannes Open
Royal Mougins, Cannes, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 April 1997 · Stuart Cage’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Europe 1 · Preferred lies in use in the final round because of soaked fairways (AP/GOLFonline).
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Paul Broadhurst ENG · 275Closed to within a stroke of Cage by the ninth, but Cage birdied the 15th and 16th to pull away; Broadhurst shot 68. Cannes Open final round story - GOLFonline (AP), 20 April 1997 (Wayback Machine copy)
- David Carter ENG · 275Came from far back with a final-round 62, less than two months after emergency surgery in Dubai for fluid on the brain. Cannes Open final round story - GOLFonline (AP), 20 April 1997 (Wayback Machine copy)
140 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Europe 1 Cannes Open
Royal Mougins, Royal Mougins, Cannes, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Cage
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
20 April 1997
now I know that the guys who I thought were unbeatable on the European Tour can be beaten.
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
20 April 1997
I was so wrapped up in what I was doing I hardly had time to be nervous. I just kept pounding away.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Cage | 68 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | David Carter | 68 · 74 · 71 · 62 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Paul Broadhurst | 68 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Jamie Spence | 74 · 72 · 69 · 61 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Paul Eales | 72 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 72 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Clinton Whitelaw | 71 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Carl Suneson | 73 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Andrew Coltart | 71 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Neal Briggs | 71 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Andrew Sandywell | 76 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1973-07-16, Leeds, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 260 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 16, 1997) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 260. Age 23 stated by AP ("a 23-year-old Englishman"). tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia 1997 season table "(1)"; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet