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Sunday 11 August 2002European TourYear in Review
Lawrie wins Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort (Wentwood Hills Course), Newport, Wales · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 August 2002 · Paul Lawrie’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse £1,100,000 GBP · Celtic Manor Resort · weather: fog, rain and lightning on Friday; 18 leading players played 36 holes on Sunday, the rest starting round 3 on Saturday evening
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 30 · 6.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/14°C · wind 21 km/h N, gusts 35 · 9.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/13°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0.8 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
- John Bickerton ENG · 277Played both Sunday rounds with Lawrie and closed with a 70 but never got close; said he was not in a good frame of mind on the difficult greens. His fourth career runner-up finish. Lawrie dominates Wales Open - BBC Sport, 11 August 2002 (Wayback Machine copy)
148 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort (Wentwood Hills Course), Celtic Manor Resort (Wentwood Hills Course), Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Lawrie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
11 August 2002
I am so tired you wouldn't believe it,
BBC Sport
11 August 2002
I let it go a little towards the end. I was coasting for a while but the game got back at me a little bit near the end.
BBC Sport
11 August 2002
I was never going to catch Paul. He was hot and played lovely but it is nice to hang on for second spot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Lawrie | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | John Bickerton | 67 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 277 | |
| 3 | Mikko Ilonen | 70 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Martin Maritz | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | |
| T4 | Lucas Parsons | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | |
| T6 | Trevor Immelman | 68 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 280 | |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | |
| T9 | Bradley Dredge | 66 · 74 · 70 · 71 | 281 | |
| T9 | Richard Green | 65 · 69 · 73 · 74 | 281 | |
| T9 | Robert Karlsson | 70 · 67 · 73 · 71 | 281 | |
| T9 | Jarrod Moseley | 71 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 281 | |
| T9 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 73 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1969-01-01, Aberdeen, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1986; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 72 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 32, 2002) from OWGR event page / player profile).
What’s in the bag
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