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Sunday 28 July 2002European TourYear in Review
Dier wins TNT Dutch Open
Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversum, Netherlands · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 July 2002 · Tobias Dier’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · TNT
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 39 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 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
- Jamie Spence ENG · 264Eagled the 18th for a closing 65 to post 16 under and pressure Dier, who finished with six pars to win by one. Dier secures Dutch victory - BBC Sport, 28 July 2002 (Wayback Machine copy)
145 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
TNT Dutch Open
Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversum, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tobias Dier
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
28 July 2002
I'm sure my life will change. Last year I was seriously thinking about where the money was coming from for the rest of the season.
BBC Sport
28 July 2002
When you look at the entry sheet you see Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, John Daly, so this is a much bigger win for me.
Golf Today (AP copy)
28 July 2002
I led from the first moment I stepped on the golf course so in a way it felt normal for me to be up there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Dier | 60 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 263 | −17 |
| 2 | Jamie Spence | 66 · 64 · 69 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 265 | |
| T3 | Peter Lonard | 67 · 63 · 68 · 67 | 265 | |
| 5 | Jarrod Moseley | 66 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 267 | |
| T6 | Alastair Forsyth | 68 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 268 | −12 |
| T6 | Pierre Fulke | 68 · 65 · 65 · 70 | 268 | |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 67 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Gary Evans | 69 · 64 · 69 · 67 | 269 | |
| T10 | Kenneth Ferrie | 68 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 269 | |
| T10 | Raymond Russell | 65 · 70 · 64 · 70 | 269 |
The golfer
born 1976-09-29, Nürnberg, Germany; GER; turned pro 1998; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 448 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 30, 2002) from OWGR event page / player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet