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Sunday 18 May 2003European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 May 2003 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse €2,700,000 EUR · Deutsche Bank / SAP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R112°/2°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 47 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/2°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/7°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/10°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 42 · 8.4 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
- Thomas Bjorn DEN · 269closed with a best-of-the-week 63 to tie at 19 under, then bunkered his approach at the first extra hole and made bogey The Independent: Harrington holds nerve in play-off to banish demons (Andy Farrell, 19 May 2003)
155 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
19 May 2003
After leading basically all of last week and all of this week it would have been rough not to win here. It would have been a real dent to my confidence.
BBC Sport
18 May 2003
Thomas pipped me for Rookie of the Year and normally comes out on top, so maybe I was due and it's nice to get a bit of a monkey off my back with him.
BBC Sport
18 May 2003
I go home disappointed, but not too disappointed - I've come a long way in two weeks. I'm pleased for Padraig. It's about time he knocked one off.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 65 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Thomas Bjorn | 71 · 70 · 65 · 63 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 65 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 4 | Niclas Fasth | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Justin Rose | 72 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Paul Casey | 70 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 272 | |
| T5 | Graeme McDowell | 70 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 272 | |
| T8 | Greg Owen | 70 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 273 | |
| T8 | Paul Lawrie | 70 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| T8 | Darren Clarke | 67 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankFrom on the OWGR event page (rank entering the week)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet