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Sunday 26 January 2003European TourYear in Review
Lian-Wei wins Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Singapore · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 January 2003 · Zhang Lian-Wei’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$900,000 USD · Caltex
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/25°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/26°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/25°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 279Bidding for a fourth straight win, he stood on the 18th tee one stroke clear, drove into the trees and bogeyed while playing partner Zhang birdied from about four feet. Zhang wins as Els bogies final hole - Golftoday
142 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Singapore
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Zhang Lian-Wei
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
26 January 2003
I thought my chance was gone when I made bogey on the 17th. But when Els hit his tee shot into the trees on the 18th, I told myself 'Its now or never.'
The Independent
27 January 2003
I am delighted. This is a milestone in my career. Ernie Els is a great player and it was a pleasure playing with him.
Golftoday
26 January 2003
It is obviously disappointing to lose like this but it has happened before and will happen again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Lian-Wei | 68 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 69 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Prayad Marksaeng | 73 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Simon Khan | 66 · 73 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Maarten Lafeber | 70 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Rick Gibson | 68 · 76 · 71 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Andrew Marshall | 67 · 73 · 73 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Per Nyman | 68 · 76 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| 9 | Fran Quinn | 71 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Dean Robertson | 70 · 72 · 75 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Thongchai Jaidee | 73 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Markus Brier | 69 · 71 · 74 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 73 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Arjun Atwal | 67 · 70 · 76 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Simon Yates | 68 · 69 · 72 · 76 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1965-05-02, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China; CHN; turned pro 1994; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 150 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table (The Independent: 'ranked 141st in the world at the start of the week' - conflict recorded); age 37 = born 1965-05-02 (Wikipedia, OWGR) subtracted from 2003-01-26, matches The Independent's '37-year-old' (Golftoday says 38); majors_to_date null: Wikipedia infobox field blank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet