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Sunday 22 October 2000European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins BBVA Open Turespaña Masters Comunidad de Madrid
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 2000 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · BBVA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 24 · 7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/12°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 26 · 13.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0.3 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
- Gary Orr SCO · 269came from well back with a closing 66 (eagle at 14, birdies at 15 and 18) to set the 15-under target, but Harrington parred in, holing a 20-footer for par at the 16th Harrington claims Madrid title - BBC Sport
117 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BBVA Open Turespaña Masters Comunidad de Madrid
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport (Reuters)
23 October 2000
This is comfortably a big enough pond for me,
Golf Today
22 October 2000
I saw the tournament director Mike Stewart walking over to me on the range just like five months ago and I thought 'what on earth does he want?'
BBC Sport
22 October 2000
I won purely on my mental side. My driving was very poor and it was the ability to persevere and not get down on myself which got me through.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Gary Orr | 67 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 72 · 63 · 67 · 68 | 270 | |
| 4 | Darren Clarke | 66 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 271 | |
| T5 | Francisco Cea | 68 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 272 | |
| T5 | Paul McGinley | 67 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 272 | |
| T7 | Eduardo Romero | 72 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 273 | |
| T7 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 66 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 273 | |
| T9 | Eamonn Darcy | 69 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Roger Wessels | 68 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 274 | |
| T9 | Santiago Luna | 65 · 70 · 66 · 73 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 27 that week (OWGR rankBefore 27 (rankAfter 25; RTÉ: moved up 2 places to 25) per OWGR player profile events table 2000; age stated by The Independent and RTÉ ('29-year-old Dubliner')).
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