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Sunday 4 August 2002European TourYear in Review
McDowell wins Volvo Scandinavian Masters
Kungsängen Golf Club, Stockholm, Sweden (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 August 2002 · Graeme McDowell’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,900,000 EUR · Volvo
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
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 · 271Playing partner of McDowell; his approach to the 18th went through the green, he chipped short and missed from nine feet for a bogey that denied him a playoff. McDowell wins 7 weeks after turning pro - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
151 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Scandinavian Masters
Kungsängen Golf Club, Kungsängen Golf Club, Stockholm, Sweden
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Graeme McDowell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
4 August 2002
Darren's definitely not getting his putter back. Two weeks ago my putting was at its lowest but as soon as I put Darren's putter in the bag I shot a 66
BBC Sport
5 August 2002
When I first turned pro I got labelled as the player who had a better stroke average than Tiger Woods and that was a lot to handle at the start of my career,
Golf Today
4 August 2002
I thought I was a bit unlucky at the last.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme McDowell | 64 · 73 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Trevor Immelman | 70 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Henrik Bjornstad | 70 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Jeff Sluman | 69 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| 5 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Matthew Cort | 66 · 73 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Gary Evans | 71 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Niclas Fasth | 67 · 71 · 65 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 65 · 74 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | David Drysdale | 74 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 275 | |
| T10 | Peter Lonard | 72 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1979-07-30, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2002; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 643 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 31, 2002) from OWGR event page / player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet