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Sunday 25 February 2001European TourYear in Review
Singh wins Caltex Singapore Masters
Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 February 2001 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse US$850,000 USD · Caltex
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/24°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 16.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/23°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 18 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 21 · 12.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/24°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 19 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Warren Bennett ENG · 265Chipped in for eagle at the 72nd hole for a closing 68 to take outright second, two behind; Singh had pulled four clear with a birdie at the 15th. Singh makes it back-to-back wins on the European Tour - Golftoday
136 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Caltex Singapore Masters
Singapore Island Country Club (Bukit Course), Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 64 · 63 · 68 · 68 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Warren Bennett | 63 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Maarten Lafeber | 64 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 266 | −18 |
| T3 | Colin Montgomerie | 66 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 266 | −18 |
| T5 | Anders Hansen | 69 · 64 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −17 |
| T5 | Padraig Harrington | 63 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T7 | Mikael Lundberg | 69 · 64 · 64 · 71 | 268 | −16 |
| T7 | Frankie Minoza | 64 · 61 · 71 · 72 | 268 | −16 |
| 9 | Prayad Marksaeng | 67 · 63 · 69 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| 10 | Clay Devers | 70 · 65 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 2; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore 8 (week 8, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 38 stated by RTÉ ('celebrated his 38th birthday on Thursday') and Golftoday ('turned 38 on Thursday'); tour_wins_to_date 11 = Wikipedia season page '(11)' and European Tour wins table no. 11 (Golftoday and RTÉ say ninth European Tour win - conflict); majors_to_date 2 = Wikipedia major championships table (1998 PGA, 2000 Masters)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet