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Sunday 7 July 2002European TourYear in Review

Campbell wins Smurfit European Open

The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 July 2002 · Michael Campbell’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse £2,000,000 GBP · Smurfit

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 31 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R115°/10°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R217°/11°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R316°/11°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R416°/11°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 4.7 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

155 started, 71 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Smurfit European Open

The K Club, The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Michael Campbell

282Total
−6To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golftoday

I was cruising along with four holes to play and I said 'This is it, I've got the trophy in one arm' but unfortunately it wasn't in the other,

Michael Campbell, quoted in Golftoday, 7 July 2002. The report

The Independent (Tim Glover)

I was in the zone for 14 holes and playing great and then all of a sudden things started turning on me. The way I mentally played the last four holes was pretty disgusting.

Michael Campbell, quoted in The Independent (Tim Glover), 9 July 2002. The report

RTÉ Sport

I'm gutted. Michael got so much ahead he saw the winning post and started to bleed. To be honest it was a chance for anybody else to win the tournament.

Padraig Harrington, quoted in RTÉ Sport, 8 July 2002. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Michael Campbell68 · 71 · 70 · 73282−6
T2Bradley Dredge71 · 71 · 73 · 68283−5
T2Retief Goosen71 · 72 · 72 · 68283−5
T2Paul Lawrie70 · 71 · 69 · 73283−5
T2Padraig Harrington72 · 69 · 69 · 73283−5
T6Angel Cabrera72 · 71 · 71 · 70284−4
T6Niclas Fasth69 · 77 · 68 · 70284−4
T6Colin Montgomerie69 · 75 · 68 · 72284−4
T9Darren Fichardt67 · 74 · 76 · 68285
T9Carl Pettersson71 · 71 · 74 · 69285
T9Jarrod Moseley67 · 75 · 73 · 70285
T9Patrik Sjoland71 · 70 · 73 · 71285
T9Paul Casey71 · 73 · 69 · 72285
T9Joakim Haeggman68 · 73 · 71 · 73285
T9Barry Lane69 · 71 · 71 · 74285
The golfer

born 1969-02-23, Hāwera, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1993; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2002 events table); The Independent: "Campbell was 29th").

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