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Sunday 30 March 1997European TourYear in Review
Mitchell wins Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 1997 · Peter Mitchell’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Shortened to 54 holes: the first round was suspended on Thursday by near gale-force winds and fog and completed on Friday, when officials cut the event from 72 to 54 holes; low cloud halted the second round on Friday too (AP/GOLFonline; Wikipedia: "due to weather").
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Fredrik Jacobson SWE · 205Began the day eight behind and shot a 64 with nine birdies, playing three holes ahead, to tie Mitchell, who then birdied the last from a foot to win by one. Madeira Island Open final round story - GOLFonline (AP), 30 March 1997 (Wayback Machine copy)
137 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Mitchell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
31 March 1997
Brendan told me the hole was playing short and all I needed was my wedge. So I took his advice and my ball finished just 12 inches from the flag.
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
30 March 1997
I felt awful over that last putt because I had missed some close ones earlier,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Mitchell | 70 · 63 · 71 | 204 | −12 |
| 2 | Fredrik Jacobson | 68 · 73 · 64 | 205 | −11 |
| 3 | Andrew Coltart | 66 · 72 · 68 | 206 | −10 |
| 4 | Andrew Sherborne | 72 · 65 · 70 | 207 | −9 |
| T5 | Carl Suneson | 70 · 72 · 66 | 208 | −8 |
| T5 | Jose Coceres | 73 · 67 · 68 | 208 | −8 |
| T5 | David Tapping | 70 · 68 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| 8 | Thomas Gogele | 71 · 67 · 71 | 209 | −7 |
| T9 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 69 · 73 · 68 | 210 | −6 |
| T9 | Padraig Harrington | 73 · 69 · 68 | 210 | −6 |
| T9 | Paul Affleck | 72 · 69 · 69 | 210 | −6 |
| T9 | Dean Robertson | 71 · 67 · 72 | 210 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1958-04-06, London, England; ENG; turned pro 1974; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 100 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 13, 1997) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 100. Age 38 stated by AP and The Independent. tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia 1997 season table "(2)" and AP "second PGA European Tour victory"; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
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