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Sunday 29 June 1997European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, Paris area, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 1997 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £600,000 GBP · Peugeot · rain delays: the third and fourth rounds (36 holes) were both played on the final day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Jamie Spence ENGfinished alone in second, three strokes behind Goosen, who led from his opening 64 to the finish The Independent: Golf: Goosen triumphs from the front (30 Jun 1997)
147 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Peugeot Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Paris area, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
30 June 1997
I still have a lot to learn in this game,
The Independent
30 June 1997
Watching Ernie [Els] play and seeing him do so well encouraged me to try to get up there as well. I don't set goals for myself except to improve.
The Independent (Kieran Daley)
29 June 1997
I've been up at 6am each day since Monday. Now I'm going back to bed for a sleep before I watch the rugby.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 64 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Jamie Spence | 68 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Martin Gates | 68 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Raymond Russell | 75 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Van Phillips | 70 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| 7 | Steve Webster | 67 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 276 | |
| T8 | Eduardo Romero | 68 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Ross McFarlane | 70 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Robert Coles | 72 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 102 that week (OWGR rankBefore (= rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet