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Sunday 9 June 2002European TourYear in Review
Clarke wins Compass Group English Open
Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club, Warwickshire, England · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 June 2002 · Darren Clarke’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse £800,000 GBP · Compass Group
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 50 · 4.4 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
- Soren Hansen DEN · 274one behind after 54 holes, blew hot and cold in the final round and finished with three straight birdies for a 70, three behind Clarke The Independent: Clarke warms up for US Open with cruise in the rain (Tim Glover, 10 June 2002)
156 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Compass Group English Open
Forest of Arden, Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club, Warwickshire, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Clarke
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport
10 June 2002
I led from start to finish and that says an awful lot about my game. I feel very comfortable at the moment.
Golftoday
9 June 2002
This was probably even more satisfying than the others because I've been playing well in recent weeks but not putting a score on the board.
Golftoday
9 June 2002
I won't be distracted or intimidated by playing with Tiger, and I'm relishing the thought,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 65 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Soren Hansen | 72 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Phillip Price | 68 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 70 · 68 · 65 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| 5 | Yeh Wei-tze | 68 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Sandy Lyle | 71 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | 68 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Sam Walker | 68 · 71 · 66 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| 9 | Bradley Dredge | 69 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Gregory Havret | 71 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 280 | |
| T10 | David Drysdale | 68 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 280 | |
| T10 | Mark Roe | 67 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 280 | |
| T10 | Dennis Edlund | 68 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 280 | |
| T10 | Sam Torrance | 70 · 72 · 65 · 73 | 280 | |
| T10 | Steve Webster | 72 · 67 · 65 · 76 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-14, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1990; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 0; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2002 events table)).
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