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Sunday 26 March 2000European TourYear in Review
Chapman wins Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open
Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2000 · Roger Chapman’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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/23°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/23°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/23°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/23°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 7.5 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 270Led by two at the start of the final round, shot 70 and needed a five-footer to make the playoff; three-putted the first extra hole, then drove into water at the second and lost to Chapman's par. Play-off victory ends Chapman's long wait - The Independent, March 2000
125 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open
Itanhanga Golf Club, Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Roger Chapman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC News Online
26 March 2000
Now I'm absolutely on top of the world. The monkey on my back was so big it was almost a gorilla!
BBC News Online
26 March 2000
But then Payne Stewart died. He wanted to play golf and couldn't and I could play golf but wouldn't.
Golftoday
26 March 2000
I couldn't have lost to a nicer guy. He has been out there for a long time and deserves it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Chapman | 70 · 64 · 71 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 62 · 71 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Jose Coceres | 66 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Joakim Haeggman | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Jorge Berendt | 67 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Nicolas Vanhootegem | 71 · 71 · 70 · 63 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Mathias Gronberg | 66 · 75 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Robin Byrd | 70 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Santiago Luna | 70 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Alastair Forsyth | 65 · 62 · 75 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1959-05-01, Nakuru, Kenya; ENG; turned pro 1981; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 492 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 12, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; age 40 stated by Golftoday and The Independent (Walters) and consistent with Wikipedia birth date 1 May 1959 and event date 26 March 2000; tour wins 1 = Wikipedia 2000 European Tour season table '(1)'; majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
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