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Sunday 31 August 2003European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins BMW International Open
Golfclub Munchen Nord-Eichenried, Munich, Germany · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 August 2003 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 15 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/14°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 59 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 38 · 11.9 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
- Alex Cejka GER · 272Closed with a 67 but finished three behind as Westwood made seven birdies in ten holes from the 9th. Westwood returns to form with BMW title - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
153 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Nord-Eichenried, Golfclub Munchen Nord-Eichenried, Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
31 August 2003
There were times when I thought about putting the clubs away and not ever getting them out again and calling it a day,
Golf Today
31 August 2003
The two-month break I took after my son was born (at the start of 2001) wasn't the problem because my technique had become flawed and I was just getting by on adrenalin.
BBC Sport
31 August 2003
This is a big moment. I'm fairly emotional,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 65 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Alex Cejka | 69 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Paul Casey | 65 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Andrew Coltart | 70 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Gary Evans | 66 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Peter Hedblom | 66 · 66 · 74 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 62 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | John Bickerton | 67 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 274 | |
| T8 | Robert Karlsson | 65 · 64 · 71 · 74 | 274 | |
| T8 | Marcel Siem | 64 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 15; world No. 215 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 35, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today and BBC also say he had fallen to 215th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet