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Sunday 3 March 2002European TourYear in Review
Forsyth wins Carlsberg Malaysian Open
Royal Selangor Golf Club, Malaysia · Thursday 28 February to Sunday 3 March 2002 · Alastair Forsyth’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Carlsberg
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/25°C · wind 7 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/25°C · wind 6 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/24°C · wind 7 km/h NE, gusts 21 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/24°C · wind 6 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 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
- Stephen Leaney AUS · 267Closed with a 67 to lead late after Cejka's bogey at the 72nd, was caught by Forsyth's birdies at the 16th and 17th, missed a good chance to win on the 72nd hole and lost the play-off at the second extra hole. Forsyth gains first European Tour win - Golftoday
146 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Carlsberg Malaysian Open
Royal Selangor Golf Club, Royal Selangor Golf Club, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alastair Forsyth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport (BBC Scotland)
4 March 2002
Had I been planning a schedule I might have missed Malaysia and started in Dubai next week, but I'm glad I had to come.
BBC Sport
4 March 2002
I had a very sore head from around the 13th onwards and, when I bent down to mark the ball it felt as if my head was going to burst, but somehow I kept going,
RTÉ Sport
3 March 2002
It was drifting away from me, but I managed to dig deep and kept telling myself I was still in it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alastair Forsyth | 63 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Stephen Leaney | 67 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| 3 | Alex Cejka | 68 · 65 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| T4 | Miguel Angel Martin | 66 · 63 · 71 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Ignacio Garrido | 65 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Des Terblanche | 70 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | John Bickerton | 70 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Prayad Marksaeng | 69 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Ian Woosnam | 68 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 65 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1976-02-05, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1998; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 333 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 9, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 26 stated by BBC Sport and Golftoday; first European Tour title per BBC, Golftoday, Wikipedia; majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
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