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Sunday 1 June 2003European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June 2003 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £1,500,000 GBP · Celtic Manor Resort
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 36 · 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
- Jarrod Moseley AUS · 273closed to within one of Poulter but hit a tree with his second at the par-five 18th and bogeyed it, dropping into a share of second Golftoday: Poulter gains wire to wire victory (Wayback Machine)
- Darren Fichardt RSA · 273closed with a 68 to share second, three behind Golftoday: Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open final day results (Wayback Machine)
- Jonathan Lomas ENG · 273closed with a 68 to share second, three behind Golftoday: Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open final day results (Wayback Machine)
156 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
1 June 2003
I'm back. I've missed a few cuts but these things take time. It's all been worthwhile and it definitely paid off today.
The Independent (James Corrigan)
2 June 2003
When you go through a bad spell people tend to forget about you. The bookies had probably priced me at about 100-1, but my game has been coming back recently so it wasn't the worst bet.
Golftoday
1 June 2003
Justin wasn't playing this week but he has a company day here tomorrow so he took the trouble to drive here early and encourage me at the end.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | 65 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Darren Fichardt | 68 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Jonathan Lomas | 66 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Jarrod Moseley | 74 · 67 · 63 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Mark McNulty | 69 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Andrew Coltart | 68 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Santiago Luna | 68 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Peter Fowler | 67 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Phillip Price | 68 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Iain Pyman | 73 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Jarmo Sandelin | 67 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Jamie Donaldson | 68 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 278 | |
| T10 | Bradley Dredge | 71 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 278 | |
| T10 | Fredrik Jacobson | 71 · 68 · 64 · 75 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 120 that week (OWGR rankFrom on the OWGR event page (rank entering the week)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet