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Sunday 14 October 2001European TourYear in Review
Berendt wins Cannes Open
Cannes Mougins Golf Club, Cannes, France · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 October 2001 · Jorge Berendt’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · one-off revival replacing the cancelled Estoril Open in the 11-14 October slot
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 49 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).
- R124°/14°C · wind 7 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 6 km/h NW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 17 · 0.2 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
- Jean Van de Velde FRA · 269closed with 65 (birdie at 14, eagle at the par-five 16th) to get within a stroke, but Berendt finished bogey-free; the runner-up finish kept his tour card Second is good enough - BBC Sport, 14 Oct 2001
107 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Cannes Open
Cannes Mougins Golf Club, Cannes Mougins Golf Club, Cannes, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jorge Berendt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
14 October 2001
I was very nervous on the last few holes but I am so proud of the way I managed to keep myself and my game going
Golf Today
14 October 2001
This is fantastic. I can't put into words what this means to me.
BBC Sport
14 October 2001
It could easily have been three or four shots better but I'm happy because now I have a job next year
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Berendt | 67 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Jean Van de Velde | 70 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 269 | |
| T3 | Thomas Levet | 69 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 272 | |
| T3 | Santiago Luna | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 272 | |
| T3 | Andrew Marshall | 65 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 272 | |
| T6 | Johan Rystrom | 67 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 273 | |
| T6 | Ignacio Garrido | 69 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 273 | |
| T6 | Warren Bennett | 66 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 273 | |
| 9 | Henrik Bjornstad | 65 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 274 | |
| T10 | Shaun P Webster | 68 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 275 | |
| T10 | Paul Eales | 67 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 275 | |
| T10 | F Andersson | 70 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 275 | |
| T10 | Matthew Blackey | 69 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1964-07-19, Formosa, Argentina; ARG; turned pro 1982; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 342 that week (OWGR rankBefore 342 (rankAfter 165) per OWGR player profile events table 2001; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
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