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Sunday 3 November 2002European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins Italian Open Telecom Italia
Olgiata, Rome, Italy · Thursday 31 October to Sunday 3 November 2002 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,100,000 EUR · Telecom Italia · weather: shortened to 54 holes after thunderstorms washed out Friday's play
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 32° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 37 · 19.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 32.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0.5 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
- Paul Lawrie SCO · 199took a one-shot lead at the 17th but drove out of bounds at the 18th and made double bogey for a 70 Poulter wins in Italy (final leaderboard and report) - BBC Sport, 3 Nov 2002
119 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Italian Open Telecom Italia
Olgiata, Olgiata, Rome, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
3 November 2002
Neither of us knew it was out of bounds but it did mean a little less pressure on my shoulders and I knew I had to hit a good drive and get myself in birdie position.
BBC Sport
3 November 2002
This is absolutely fantastic because I hadn't won this year and I've made it my goal to win every year on tour.
BBC Sport
3 November 2002
I thought I hit a pretty good swing on the last and it came off at an unbelievable angle right. I would have bet my house on making four up the last.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | 61 · 67 · 69 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | Paul Lawrie | 66 · 63 · 70 | 199 | −17 |
| T3 | Emanuele Canonica | 66 · 65 · 70 | 201 | −15 |
| T3 | Anders Hansen | 64 · 71 · 66 | 201 | −15 |
| T3 | Anthony Wall | 69 · 67 · 65 | 201 | −15 |
| T6 | Barry Lane | 69 · 67 · 66 | 202 | −14 |
| T6 | Jarrod Moseley | 66 · 66 · 70 | 202 | −14 |
| T6 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 68 · 63 | 202 | −14 |
| T6 | Angel Cabrera | 72 · 61 · 69 | 202 | −14 |
| T10 | Henrik Nystrom | 67 · 66 · 70 | 203 | |
| T10 | Stephen Gallacher | 69 · 69 · 65 | 203 | |
| T10 | Nick O'Hern | 71 · 69 · 63 | 203 |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 112 that week (OWGR rankBefore 112 (rankAfter 78) per OWGR player profile events table 2002; age: BBC 'The 26-year-old Englishman').
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