Golf Network News
Sunday 4 March 2001European TourYear in Review
Bjørn wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 March 2001 · Thomas Bjørn’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse US$1,500,000 USD
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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/13°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/16°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/15°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 268Led by one going into the final round and was tied playing the par-5 72nd hole, but drove into trees, found water with his third and made a double-bogey seven. Woods hands title to Bjorn on 72nd hole - Golftoday
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 268Briefly led alone after a birdie at the ninth and shared 20-under with Bjorn, then dropped out of contention with bogeys at the 12th and 15th; closed with 69. Woods hands title to Bjorn on 72nd hole - Golftoday
142 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Bjørn
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Gulf News (Leslie Wilson Jr)
7 March 2001
The world's greatest player was here and I took him on head-to-head. The intimidation is disappearing. People are now starting to realise you can't get intimidated by Tiger. You have to beat him,
Gulf News (Leslie Wilson Jr)
7 March 2001
This is the best performance of my life by far,
Gulf News (Leslie Wilson Jr)
6 March 2001
I had an opportunity but unfortunately I didn't hit the proper tee shot from the 18th,
Golftoday
4 March 2001
To go out there and play with the guy for four days and beat him is probably any golfer's dream.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Bjørn | 64 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 64 · 64 · 68 · 72 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Mathias Gronberg | 68 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Ian Woosnam | 69 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 69 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 271 | |
| T6 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 67 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 271 | |
| 8 | Trevor Immelman | 66 · 73 · 68 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Elliott Boult | 69 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 273 | |
| T9 | Angel Cabrera | 66 · 70 · 65 · 72 | 273 | |
| T9 | Paul McGinley | 70 · 64 · 67 · 72 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1971-02-18, Silkeborg, Denmark; DEN; turned pro 1993; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore 18 (week 9, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; Golftoday preview also says '18th in world rankings'. age 30 stated by Gulf News ('the 30-year-old Dane') and matches born 1971-02-18 (Wikipedia, OWGR). tour_wins_to_date 6 = Wikipedia season page '(6)' and European Tour wins table no. 6; majors_to_date null: infobox majorwins blank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet