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Sunday 24 November 2002European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins BMW Asian Open
Ta Shee Golf and Country Club, Taiwan · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 November 2002 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse US$1,500,000 USD · BMW
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The ones it got away from
- Jyoti Randhawa IND · 274Started the final day seven shots off the pace and closed with a flawless 64, the week's lowest round, to finish one behind after Harrington parred the last with a putt of about ten feet. Harrington wins title on 72nd hole - Golftoday
120 started, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
BMW Asian Open
Ta Shee Golf and Country Club, Ta Shee Golf and Country Club, Taiwan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
24 November 2002
I won the pro-am and got a little trophy but it’s nice to get the big one,
Golftoday
24 November 2002
I’m certainly pleased with this 64. I could have easily made two more birdies on the back nine but missed four-foot putts. They were so close.
BBC Sport
24 November 2002
I played nicely all day and noticed on the 15th green that I was two ahead and still trying to make birdies but thinking over those last few holes that pars would be good enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Jyoti Randhawa | 65 · 75 · 70 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Andrew Pitts | 67 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Trevor Immelman | 69 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Maarten Lafeber | 66 · 66 · 71 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| 6 | Thongchai Jaidee | 71 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Daniel Chopra | 71 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Rick Gibson | 72 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Soren Hansen | 71 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 47, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; Golftoday: 'ranked eighth in the world'; age 31 stated by The Independent; tour win 6 = Golftoday/RTÉ 'sixth tour title' and Wikipedia season page '(6)'; majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia lists his three majors in 2007-08).
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