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Sunday 21 May 2000European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Gut Kaden, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May 2000 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 10 on the European Tour · purse €2,700,000 EUR · Deutsche Bank / SAP · final round began after a fog delay
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/6°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/6°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/8°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/7°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 23 · 1 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
- Emanuele Canonica ITA · 276started the day two behind Woods; closed with a 67 but failed to birdie the 17th, leaving Westwood a three-shot cushion BBC Sport: Westwood wins in superb style
- Tiger Woods USA · 277took a two-shot lead into the final round; led by one with eight to play but hit his approach at the 11th into the water for a double bogey and closed with a 70 to share third Golftoday: Westwood storms to win with closing 64 (Wayback Machine)
153 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Gut Kaden, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com
21 May 2000
I had a little peek around. I heard an oooh (from the crowd) when I was on the 12th tee.
BBC Sport
21 May 2000
When I hit the second shot on 17 and Emmanuel didn't make birdie I figured I could handle a three-shot lead.
BBC Sport
21 May 2000
A lot of it is to do with confidence. I think the old Lee Westwood is back.
AP via CNNSI.com
21 May 2000
Hard to figure, but that's golf for you,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 71 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Emanuele Canonica | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Jean Van de Velde | 69 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 67 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 278 | |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 73 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 278 | |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | 72 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 278 | |
| T9 | David Howell | 71 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 279 | |
| T9 | Soren Kjeldsen | 77 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 279 | |
| T9 | Paul McGinley | 73 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 279 | |
| T9 | Gary Orr | 73 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 0; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2000 events table); Golftoday: win moved him 'back into the world's top ten').
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