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Sunday 24 February 2002European TourYear in Review
Atwal wins Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf & Country Club, Singapore · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 February 2002 · Arjun Atwal’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$900,000 USD · Caltex
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 30 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/24°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/25°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/24°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 6 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
- Richard Green AUS · 279Closed with a 70 but bogeyed the 10th as Atwal birdied the 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th to pull clear; finished five strokes back, his best finish since the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic. Atwal becomes first Indian to win on Tour - Golftoday
144 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf & Country Club, Laguna National Golf & Country Club, Singapore
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Arjun Atwal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
24 February 2002
So I expected to win this year but not so quickly, but I'll definitely take it. It feels great and it's quite an achievement to be the first Indian golfer to win on the European Tour.
Golftoday
24 February 2002
We have had a bunch of guys winning on the Asian tour but to do so on the European Tour is a whole different ball game and it shows young players in India there is a future for them.
Golftoday
24 February 2002
I had my chances today but I probably made two mistakes which cost me. Arjun has had his day and was always going to be hard to beat.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arjun Atwal | 70 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Richard Green | 69 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Thavorn Wiratchant | 73 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Ted Purdy | 69 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | James Kingston | 70 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Chris Williams | 67 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Richard S Johnson | 72 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Jim Johnson | 69 · 67 · 72 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Eduardo Romero | 69 · 71 · 75 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Stephen Leaney | 70 · 71 · 74 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Andrew Pitts | 73 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Uhno Park | 67 · 73 · 74 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Gaurav Ghei | 69 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Anthony Kang | 69 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Nick O'Hern | 64 · 71 · 72 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1973-03-20, Kolkata, India; IND; turned pro 1995; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 313 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 8, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 28 stated by Golftoday ('the 28-year-old from Calcutta') and matches born 1973-03-20 (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
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