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Sunday 26 August 2001European TourYear in Review
Casey wins Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship
The Gleneagles Hotel, PGA Centenary Course, Perthshire, Scotland · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 2001 · Paul Casey’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £1,000,000 GBP · Gleneagles
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/8°C · wind 7 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/9°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 36 · 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
- Alex Cejka GER · 275Started the final round one ahead of Casey; two bogeys on the front nine and a closing birdie for 71 left him one short after Casey birdied the 18th from six feet. Casey gains first Tour win - Golf Today
131 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship
The Gleneagles Hotel (PGA Centenary Course), The Gleneagles Hotel, PGA Centenary Course, Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Casey
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
26 August 2001
This is only my 11th European Tour event so I still have a long way to go and I hope to be here for a long time.
Golf Today
26 August 2001
I am already looking forward to next year and my focus is solely on Europe. I'd like to play a couple of things in America, but the emphasis is still in Europe,
Golf Today
26 August 2001
I wasn't very solid today but I was pleased that at least I managed to keep it interesting right to the end.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Casey | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Alex Cejka | 71 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | David Howell | 70 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Christian Cevaer | 72 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Carl Pettersson | 75 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Gary Evans | 66 · 67 · 77 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Des Terblanche | 73 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 279 | |
| T7 | Jonathan Lomas | 66 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 279 | |
| T7 | Peter Hanson | 74 · 64 · 69 · 72 | 279 | |
| T7 | Stephen Gallacher | 67 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1977-07-21, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; ENG; turned pro 2000; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 299 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 34, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet