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Sunday 5 May 2002European TourYear in Review
Mackenzie wins Novotel Perrier Open de France
Le Golf National (Albatross Course), Versailles, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 2002 · Malcolm Mackenzie’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Novotel Perrier
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 22 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).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Trevor Immelman RSA · 275Birdied the 17th to draw level after Mackenzie dropped three shots in a row, but his birdie putt at the 18th shaved the hole; Mackenzie then birdied the last to win by one. Mackenzie holds on for maiden win - BBC Sport
154 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Novotel Perrier Open de France
Le Golf National (Albatross Course), Le Golf National (Albatross Course), Versailles, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Malcolm Mackenzie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
5 May 2002
I was struggling financially and was overdrawn at the bank before this week.
BBC Sport
5 May 2002
The bank manager will be very happy and so will my wife, she has wanted an extension for years and now it looks like she'll get one.
Golftoday
5 May 2002
It's the best two iron I've ever played in my life.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 68 · 69 · 65 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Trevor Immelman | 68 · 64 · 71 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Kenneth Ferrie | 68 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 69 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Anders Hansen | 69 · 70 · 65 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Andrew Coltart | 71 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Eduardo Romero | 70 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 69 · 67 · 67 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Gary Evans | 71 · 67 · 67 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 67 · 69 · 69 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1961-09-30, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1980; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 446 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 40 stated by BBC Sport (Golftoday says 41 - see conflicts; Wikipedia birth date 1961-09-30 agrees with 40); first European Tour win per BBC, Golftoday, Wikipedia; majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet