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Sunday 27 April 1997European TourYear in Review
James wins Peugeot Open de España
Golf La Moraleja II, Madrid, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 1997 · Mark James’s win no. 18 on the European Tour · 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
13 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Greg Norman AUS · 277Holed a 24-25 foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole to tie after James bogeyed it, then bogeyed the par-3 17th, the third playoff hole; his second playoff loss on the tour that year. Peugeot Open de Espana final round story - GOLFonline (AP), 27 April 1997 (Wayback Machine copy)
157 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Open de España
Golf La Moraleja II, Golf La Moraleja II, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark James
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
28 April 1997
I don't feel my nerve has gone and I keep my myself fit, but you can get lost mentally and technically and, as you get older, there is less inclination to work your butt off to get it back,
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
27 April 1997
I treated the play-off just like normal stroke play hoping he'd make a mess-up and I got lucky when he did.
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
27 April 1997
I played very good but the ball just didn't want to go the way I wanted it,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark James | 67 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Greg Norman | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Jarmo Sandelin | 72 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Eduardo Romero | 68 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Jose Coceres | 72 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Jean Louis Guepy | 71 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | David Howell | 70 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Howard Clark | 74 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Fredrik Jacobson | 73 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Roger Chapman | 70 · 67 · 74 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1953-10-28, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 18; world No. 167 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 17, 1997) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 167. Age 43 stated by The Independent. tour_wins_to_date 18 = Wikipedia 1997 season table "(18)"; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
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