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Sunday 15 September 2002European TourYear in Review
Leaney wins Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, Germany · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 September 2002 · Stephen Leaney’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Linde
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/12°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/9°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0 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
- Alex Cejka GER · 267Started the final round level second, two behind Casey; six birdies and two bogeys for a 68 left him one short after Leaney birdied the 10th and parred in. Leaney gains victory with closing 67 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
132 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Leaney
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
15 September 2002
This is my biggest win and I just hope now it will lead to bigger things.
Golf Today
15 September 2002
It's nice to be able to win for Australia. We don't have a big population but we do seem to be able to produce good sports people.
Golf Today
15 September 2002
I was 200th in the world rankings at the start of the year and still only 130th this week but now, with my points this week, I have the chance to break into the top 50
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Leaney | 64 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Alex Cejka | 68 · 68 · 63 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Paul Casey | 68 · 67 · 62 · 71 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Nick Dougherty | 68 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 68 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| 6 | Gary Evans | 67 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 68 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 270 | |
| T7 | Mathias Gronberg | 67 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 270 | |
| 9 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 272 | |
| T10 | Warren Bennett | 67 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 273 | |
| T10 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1969-03-10, Busselton, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 128 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 37, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet