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Sunday 19 August 2001European TourYear in Review
Dier wins North West of Ireland Open
Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club, County Cavan, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 August 2001 · Tobias Dier’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €350,000 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
14 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Stephen Dodd WAL · 272Started three behind; birdied the 17th to get within one, then his 15-foot eagle putt at the par-5 18th slid past while Dier two-putted for birdie. Shaky Dier wins at Slieve Russell - RTÉ Sport
151 started, 85 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
North West of Ireland Open
Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club, Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club, County Cavan, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tobias Dier
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport (Greg McKevitt)
19 August 2001
When I turned pro, I gave myself three years to get to the European tour which I did and when everyone asked me my plans for this season I said I wanted to win a tournament,
RTÉ Sport (Greg McKevitt)
19 August 2001
People thought that might be a bit high but if I say my target is to make my card I might finish 116th on the money list and miss it by one.
Golf Today
19 August 2001
I had a chance on the last. Hit a good putt and slightly misread it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Dier | 66 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Stephen Dodd | 67 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 272 | |
| 3 | Mark Pilkington | 68 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | James Hepworth | 68 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Mattias Eliasson | 67 · 70 · 72 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Domingo Hospital | 70 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 278 | |
| T6 | Graeme Storm | 69 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 278 | |
| T6 | David Higgins | 69 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Andreas Ljunggren | 72 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 278 | |
| T6 | Peter Hedblom | 71 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 278 | |
| T6 | Peter Hanson | 75 · 65 · 67 · 71 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1976-09-29, Nürnberg, Germany; GER; turned pro 1998; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 405 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 33, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet