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Sunday 6 February 2000European TourYear in Review
Parsons wins Greg Norman Holden International
The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February 2000 · Lucas Parsons’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · Holden
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/17°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/18°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/21°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 57 · 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
- Peter Senior AUS · 277Started the day two back and birdied the 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th to get within two, then bogeyed the par-three 18th; closed 69 to finish four behind. Parsons wins Greg Norman International (AP) - CNNSI.com
155 started, 80 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Greg Norman Holden International
The Lakes Golf Club, The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lucas Parsons
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com
6 February 2000
It's an immense relief, I was very emotional walking up the 18th
AP via CNNSI.com
6 February 2000
It was hard work but I loved it
Golftoday (unbylined report)
6 February 2000
This is a very special event to me. He (Norman) has been a huge impression for me in my lifetime.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Parsons | 70 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −19 |
| 2 | Peter Senior | 67 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| T3 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 71 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −13 |
| T3 | Andrew Coltart | 67 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 279 | −13 |
| 5 | David Park | 68 · 65 · 73 · 74 | 280 | −12 |
| T6 | Anders Hansen | 68 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 281 | |
| T6 | Wayne Smith | 74 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 281 | |
| T8 | Gary Orr | 78 · 65 · 72 · 67 | 282 | |
| T8 | Scott Gardner | 75 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 282 | |
| T8 | Phillip Price | 72 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 282 | |
| T8 | Ian Garbutt | 71 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 282 | |
| T8 | Jose-Maria Olazabal | 72 · 70 · 66 · 74 | 282 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-04, Orange, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 386 that week (OWGR rankBefore 386 (week 5, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 386. Age 30 stated by AP and Golftoday ("The 30-year-old"). tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table "(1)").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet