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Sunday 10 February 2002European TourYear in Review
Johnson wins ANZ Championship
The Lakes Golf Club, Eastlakes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 February 2002 · Richard Johnson’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse A$1,750,000 AUD · ANZ
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 26 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 15.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 60 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 1.3 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
- Scott Laycock AUS · 44Led by two points at one stage on the back nine but missed birdie putts on 13, 14 and 16 and bogeyed the 17th to tie second, two points behind. Johnson claims victory by two points - Golftoday
- Craig Parry AUS · 44Birdied the 17th to get within a point, then hit a wayward tee shot at the par-3 18th and missed the par putt to tie second, two points behind. Johnson claims victory by two points - Golftoday
156 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
ANZ Championship
The Lakes Golf Club, The Lakes Golf Club, Eastlakes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Johnson
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport
10 February 2002
This means a lot to me. This is my third year on the tour and it just keeps getting better and better each year. When I hit the last putt my life just changed because now I am a winner.
Golftoday
10 February 2002
I missed some real good opportunities on the back nine,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Johnson | 3 · 16 · 16 · 11 | 46 | |
| T2 | Scott Laycock | 11 · 16 · 7 · 10 | 44 | |
| T2 | Craig Parry | 10 · 18 · 9 · 7 | 44 | |
| 4 | Andre Stolz | 11 · 19 · 9 · 4 | 43 | |
| 5 | Stephen Gallacher | 10 · 12 · 13 · 4 | 39 | |
| 6 | Ian Garbutt | 6 · 6 · 7 · 19 | 38 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Lomas | 20 · 1 · 9 · 7 | 37 | |
| T8 | Thomas Levet | 8 · 4 · 10 · 14 | 36 | |
| T8 | Greg Turner | 10 · 8 · 12 · 6 | 36 | |
| T8 | Trevor Immelman | 10 · 19 · 3 · 4 | 36 |
The golfer
born 1976-10-15, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1998; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 364 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 6, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 25 stated by RTÉ ('Twenty-five year old Johnson'), consistent with born 1976-10-15 (Wikipedia, OWGR); tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia European Tour wins table no. 1 + season page '(1)'; majors_to_date null: Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet