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Sunday 22 April 2001European TourYear in Review
Karlsson wins Via Digital Open de España
Campo de Golf El Saler, Valencia, Spain · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 April 2001 · Robert Karlsson’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,200,000 EUR · Via Digital
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 23 km/h NW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/10°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, 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
- Jean-Francois Remesy FRA · 279Closed with a six-under 66 (seven birdies and a bogey, two birdies in his last four holes) to post nine under, two short of Karlsson. Karlsson reigns in Spain - BBC Sport, 22 April 2001
152 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Via Digital Open de España
Campo de Golf El Saler, Campo de Golf El Saler, Valencia, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Karlsson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
22 April 2001
It feels fantastic to get the payback from all the hard work I've put in
Golftoday
22 April 2001
I managed to keep out of the ice plants and bushes this week, which was important. I am very happy to win again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Karlsson | 68 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 66 · 72 · 75 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 71 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Peter Mitchell | 71 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Gustavo Rojas | 72 · 69 · 74 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Joakim Haeggman | 70 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| 8 | Raphael Jacquelin | 74 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Jean Hugo | 70 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 283 | |
| T9 | Gary Emerson | 71 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 283 | |
| T9 | Justin Rose | 70 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Domingo Hospital | 70 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 283 | |
| T9 | Stephen Scahill | 70 · 68 · 74 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Jarmo Sandelin | 70 · 66 · 76 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 72 · 67 · 74 · 70 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-03, Katrineholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 122 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 16, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 31 stated by BBC Sport; tour wins 4 = Wikipedia season page '(4)', Golftoday and BBC 'fourth European title'; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet