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Sunday 21 September 1997European TourYear in Review

Turner wins One 2 One British Masters

Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 September 1997 · Greg Turner’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £750,000 GBP · One 2 One · round one delayed 3 h 5 min by fog and suspended for darkness; second round completed Saturday morning (The Independent)

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 58 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. 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

155 started, 70 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

One 2 One British Masters

Forest of Arden, Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, England

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Greg Turner

275Total
−13To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

The Independent (Andy Farrell)

It would be nice to put some money in the bank with the baby on the way. Rumour has it they can be expensive.

Greg Turner, quoted in The Independent (Andy Farrell), 21 September 1997. The report

The Independent (Andy Farrell)

With all due respect, this is easy. Next week is a different ball game.

Colin Montgomerie, quoted in The Independent (Andy Farrell), 22 September 1997. The report

The Independent (Andy Farrell)

I am not frightened to go low and I have had a lot of low scores this year, especially on Sundays. Sunday is pay day and you don't want to go backwards.

Colin Montgomerie, quoted in The Independent (Andy Farrell), 22 September 1997. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Greg Turner68 · 71 · 66 · 70275−13
2Colin Montgomerie
3Mark Roe
T4Raymond Russell64 · 75 · 71 · 70280
T4Thomas Bjorn69 · 72 · 66 · 73280
T6Sam Torrance69 · 75 · 66 · 71281
T6Phillip Price71 · 68 · 72 · 70281
T8Alberto Binaghi
T8Robert Allenby71 · 73 · 69 · 69282
T8Patrik Sjoland68 · 74 · 71 · 69282
T8Angel Cabrera71 · 75 · 67 · 69282
The golfer

born 1963-02-21, Dunedin, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1984; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 168 that week (OWGR rankFrom (rank entering the event) on the OWGR event page, week 38 1997).

Source

What’s in the bag

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