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Sunday 29 July 2001European TourYear in Review
Langer wins TNT Dutch Open
Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 July 2001 · Bernhard Langer’s win no. 40 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · TNT
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 8.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 31 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 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
- Warren Bennett ENG · 269Led by two with three (Golf Today) or four (Reuters) holes left; Langer birdied three of the last four to tie, and Bennett three-putted the first playoff hole, missing a short par putt. Langer gains first win for four years - Golf Today
150 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
TNT Dutch Open
Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bernhard Langer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
29 July 2001
My heart goes out to Warren for missing that short putt, but obviously I'm delighted and thrilled to have won another tournament.
CNNSI.com (Reuters)
29 July 2001
I got a call from [Europe captain] Sam Torrance congratulating me. He said I'd helped him out because there a few guys he wants in his team and he only has two wild-cards.
Golf Today
29 July 2001
I had a two-shot lead but he played fantastically and holed some great putts. I'm proud of myself, apart from the disappointment of finishing with three putts,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 69 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Warren Bennett | 68 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 71 · 65 · 71 · 66 | 273 | |
| T4 | Anders Hansen | 69 · 67 · 75 · 63 | 274 | |
| T4 | Raymond Russell | 68 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| T4 | Barry Lane | 71 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 274 | |
| T7 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 67 · 65 · 75 · 68 | 275 | |
| T7 | Greg Turner | 68 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 275 | |
| T9 | Stephen Leaney | 71 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 276 | |
| T9 | Andrew Oldcorn | 70 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 276 | |
| T9 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Bavaria, West Germany; GER; turned pro 1972; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 40; majors to date: 2; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 30, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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