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Sunday 14 July 2002European TourYear in Review
Romero wins Barclays Scottish Open
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Argyll and Bute, Scotland · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 July 2002 · Eduardo Romero’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse £2,200,000 GBP · Barclays
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/10°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/8°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 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
- Fredrik Jacobson SWE · 273led by one with three to play, missed a par putt from two and a half feet at the short 17th to fall into a tie, then lost to Romero's birdie at the first extra hole Golftoday: Romero defeats Jacobson in playoff (Wayback Machine)
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Barclays Scottish Open
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Eduardo Romero
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
14 July 2002
Winning in Scotland is like winning in my own country with all the mountains and lakes. With this check, now I can buy my own country!
Golftoday
14 July 2002
This is a very special moment for me because my family is staying with me at the moment,
Golftoday
14 July 2002
But, over the last three or four holes I got very nervous. I didn't see much of the back nine at all to be honest, it was all kind of in a fog.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo Romero | 72 · 66 · 65 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Fredrik Jacobson | 66 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| T3 | Tim Clark | 71 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Roger Chapman | 70 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| 5 | Justin Rose | 65 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 275 | |
| T6 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 72 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 276 | |
| T6 | Tom Lehman | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | |
| T6 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 70 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 276 | |
| T6 | Michael Campbell | 72 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 276 | |
| T6 | Stephen Leaney | 72 · 65 · 67 · 72 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1954-07-17, Córdoba, Argentina; ARG; turned pro 1982; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 8; world No. 65 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2002 events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet