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Sunday 18 March 2001European TourYear in Review
Smyth wins Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 March 2001 · Des Smyth’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse €550,000 EUR
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/9°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/12°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 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
- John Bickerton ENG · 272Birdied 9 and 10 to share the lead, then found water at the par-five 11th, played the next shot with shoes and socks off and made bogey six; closed with 69, two behind. Smyth becomes oldest European winner - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
132 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Des Smyth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
18 March 2001
This is huge for me. It's very hard to win on Tour these days. It will take at least a week to sink in.
RTÉ Sport (PA)
18 March 2001
You really want it but if you focus on it too much you don't play well because it distracts you.
Golftoday
18 March 2001
I just let a couple of holes slip. But then again I'm happy. Second - again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Smyth | 66 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | John Bickerton | 67 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Massimo Scarpa | 69 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Niclas Fasth | 69 · 63 · 72 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Stephen Dodd | 71 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Massimo Florioli | 68 · 68 · 65 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Pehr Magnebrant | 70 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | David Lynn | 68 · 71 · 64 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Jose Manuel Lara | 68 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Craig Hainline | 69 · 70 · 65 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1953-02-12, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1974; age 48 that week; tour wins to date: 8; world No. 323 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 11, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age '48 years and 34 days' stated by Golftoday (RTÉ: 34 days after his 48th birthday); tour wins 8 = Wikipedia season page '(8)' and Golftoday 'eighth title on the European Tour'; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
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