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Sunday 6 May 2001European TourYear in Review
Olazabal wins Novotel Perrier Open de France
Lyon Golf Club, Villette d'Anthon, France · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 2001 · Jose Maria Olazabal’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 EUR · Novotel Perrier · weather: waterlogged course; the third round was completed on Sunday morning and the field played 36 holes on the final day (Golftoday, BBC Sport); more than 13 hours lost to the wet weather (The Guardian)
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/11°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 15.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/10°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/10°C · wind 24 km/h NNW, gusts 49 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Costantino Rocca ITA · 270Shared the 54-hole lead after a bogey-free third-round 64 on Sunday morning; opened the final round with two bogeys, missed a birdie chance at 15 that would have tied the lead and bogeyed 16 before a closing birdie for 69. Olazabal wins rain affected tournament - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Greg Turner NZL · 270Made a run at the lead on Sunday but double-bogeyed the 16th; eagled the 18th for a 67. Olazabal wins rain affected tournament - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Paul Eales ENG · 270
145 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Novotel Perrier Open de France
Lyon Golf Club (Sangliers Course), Lyon Golf Club, Villette d'Anthon, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jose Maria Olazabal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
6 May 2001
I am very, very pleased. It was a good fight within myself just to stay calm -- as calm as possible and focused as possible to get the most out of every shot.
Golftoday
6 May 2001
If I want to make the Ryder Cup team, it is very important for me to do well in those tournaments I am going to play in Europe. This is a very important step towards that.
Golftoday
6 May 2001
When you play a course or near a course where you won it brings back good memories and I thought about my first win. This has been a good week for me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 66 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T2 | Costantino Rocca | 68 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Greg Turner | 69 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Paul Eales | 66 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| 5 | Gregory Havret | 67 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| 6 | Marc Farry | 68 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Ian Garbutt | 68 · 71 · 70 · 64 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Paul McGinley | 72 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Anders Hansen | 66 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Paul Lawrie | 71 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | John Bickerton | 70 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Alex Cejka | 67 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 274 | |
| T10 | Jorge Berendt | 66 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 274 | |
| T10 | Patrick Gribben | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | |
| T10 | James A McLean | 65 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| T10 | Neil Cheetham | 67 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 2; world No. 51 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 35 stated by Golftoday, BBC Sport and The Guardian; tour_win 21 = Wikipedia 2001 European Tour season page '(21)' (counts majors) - Golftoday, BBC and Guardian call it his 19th European Tour win; majors_to_date 2 = Wikipedia infobox (Masters 1994, 1999)).
What’s in the bag
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