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Sunday 2 March 1997European TourYear in Review
Green wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 27 February to Sunday 2 March 1997 · Richard Green’s win no. 1 on the European Tour
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 36 km/h WNW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/11°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ian Woosnam WAL · 272Two ahead late on and needing par at the par-5 18th to win, he found the water and bogeyed, then lost the playoff at the first extra hole. Golf: Green manages to defeat his hero - The Independent
- Greg Norman AUS · 272Closed with 66, finishing first at 16 under with a birdie at the last, then lost the playoff at the first extra hole. Golf: Green manages to defeat his hero - The Independent
129 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Green
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
3 March 1997
Greg has been my idol since I was young. I had not met him properly before I saw him in the scorer's hut and that made me nervous.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
2 March 1997
If you're going to get involved in a playoff, you might as well make it against Norman and Woosnam.
The Independent
3 March 1997
All I had to do was hit a little sand wedge on to the green but I must have caught it heavy,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Green | 70 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Ian Woosnam | 69 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 272 | |
| T2 | Greg Norman | 71 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 272 | |
| 4 | Bernhard Langer | 66 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 5 | Thomas Gogele | 69 · 72 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 69 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Raymond Burns | 68 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Costantino Rocca | 70 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Angel Cabrera | 73 · 72 · 70 · 63 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1971-02-19, Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 198 that week (OWGR rankBefore 198 (week 9, 1997) from OWGR player profile events table. Age 26 = Wikipedia birth date 1971-02-19 subtracted from end date and stated by The Independent ("Green, 26"); GOLFonline says 25 (conflict). tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table "(1)"; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
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