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Sunday 2 December 2001European TourYear in Review
Olazabal wins Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong · Thursday 29 November to Sunday 2 December 2001 · Jose Maria Olazabal’s win no. 22 on the European Tour · purse US$700,000 USD · Omega
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 9 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/21°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/20°C · wind 20 km/h E, gusts 41 · 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
- Henrik Bjornstad NOR · 263Overnight leader closed with a 67, parring the 18th; needed an 18-foot birdie putt at the last to force a playoff and missed after Olazabal birdied the last three holes. Olazabal snatches title with late birdies - Golftoday
134 started, 79 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jose Maria Olazabal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
2 December 2001
I have never won a tournament by birdieing the last three holes. You don't finish with three birdies knowing you have to do it,
Golftoday
2 December 2001
I'm playing as well as I did in 1994, but it is not enough playing well for two weeks. I need to keep playing well for 16, 18 or 20 weeks at a stretch.
Golftoday
2 December 2001
He just came from behind and took it away from us,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 65 · 69 · 64 · 64 | 262 | −22 |
| 2 | Henrik Bjornstad | 66 · 69 · 61 · 67 | 263 | −21 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | 64 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 264 | −20 |
| 4 | Mark Foster | 66 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| 5 | Carl Pettersson | 67 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| T6 | Andrew Marshall | 68 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 267 | −17 |
| T6 | Anders Forsbrand | 67 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| T6 | Mark Pilkington | 69 · 68 · 62 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| T9 | Jarmo Sandelin | 68 · 70 · 66 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Yeh Wei-Tze | 66 · 63 · 72 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Simon Dyson | 67 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Brian Davis | 70 · 67 · 64 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 22; majors to date: 2; world No. 55 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 48, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table (Golftoday: 'climbs 11 places to 47th' - conflict recorded); age 35 stated by Golftoday and BBC, matches born 1966-02-05 (Wikipedia, OWGR); majors_to_date 2 = Golftoday 'Double US Masters champion' + Wikipedia (1994, 1999 Masters); tour win 22 = Wikipedia season page '(22)').
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