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Sunday 11 November 2001European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins Volvo Masters Andalucía
Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Jerez, Spain · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 November 2001 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · Volvo · weather: high winds suspended play on Friday and Saturday; the event was cut from 72 to 54 holes
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/10°C · wind 29 km/h NNW, gusts 54 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/4°C · wind 30 km/h N, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/3°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, 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
- Paul McGinley IRL · 205overnight leader; three bogeys on the front nine, rallied with an eagle and a birdie late for 70, then just missed from 40 feet at the last after Harrington holed from 25 feet Harrington delighted with Volvo Masters win - RTÉ Sport, 11 Nov 2001
66 started, 63 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Volvo Masters Andalucía
Montecastillo Golf Club, Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Jerez, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport
11 November 2001
Every time you're second you ask some terrible questions of yourself and choking would be top of the pile.
RTÉ Sport
11 November 2001
For half an hour I could hardly speak. That's what it meant. If I'd made mistakes and been second again I'd have been gutted,
RTÉ Sport
11 November 2001
The law of averages was going to balance out eventually. I am happy for him. I know what he has gone through with all those second places. People criticised him and that wasn't deserved.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 71 · 66 | 204 | −12 |
| 2 | Paul McGinley | 66 · 69 · 70 | 205 | |
| 3 | Adam Scott | 67 · 74 · 65 | 206 | −10 |
| T4 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 68 · 68 | 207 | |
| T4 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 68 · 69 | 207 | |
| T4 | Mathias Gronberg | 70 · 67 · 70 | 207 | |
| T7 | Tony Johnstone | 69 · 72 · 67 | 208 | |
| T7 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 69 · 68 | 208 | |
| T7 | Bernhard Langer | 69 · 70 · 69 | 208 | |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 75 · 66 | 209 | −7 |
| T10 | David Howell | 69 · 73 · 67 | 209 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore 16 (rankAfter 10; RTÉ: 'a best-ever tenth in the world') per OWGR player profile events table 2001; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
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