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Sunday 12 October 2003European TourYear in Review
Lafeber wins Dutch Open
Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversum, Netherlands · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2003 · Maarten Lafeber’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 29° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 55 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/6°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/4°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 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
- Soren Hansen DEN · 268overnight leader; double-bogeyed the 9th in a three-shot swing, then missed a 15-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff Lafeber gains maiden Tour victory - Golf Today final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Mathias Gronberg SWE · 268closing 65, but a three-putt from 30 feet for par at the long 12th proved costly Lafeber gains maiden Tour victory - Golf Today final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
122 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dutch Open
Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversum, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Maarten Lafeber
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
12 October 2003
I wanted to win so badly over the last few months and to win here means so much to me, the support was unbelievable and it's a dream come true,
Golf Today
12 October 2003
Jos said 'just stay patient and don't get ahead of yourself', and when I was three strokes behind I remembered the message.
Golf Today
12 October 2003
I'm glad for Maarten because his win has been due for a long time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten Lafeber | 67 · 69 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | Mathias Gronberg | 70 · 66 · 67 · 65 | 268 | |
| T2 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 65 · 66 · 69 | 268 | |
| T4 | Steen Tinning | 66 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Jamie Donaldson | 64 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Alastair Forsyth | 64 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 271 | |
| T6 | Gary Evans | 70 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 271 | |
| T6 | Gary Murphy | 64 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 271 | |
| T9 | Gary Emerson | 68 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 272 | |
| T9 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 272 | |
| T9 | Fredrik Andersson | 67 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 272 | |
| T9 | Stephen Dodd | 67 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 272 | |
| T9 | Adam Mednick | 68 · 67 · 73 · 64 | 272 | |
| T9 | Kenneth Ferrie | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-11, Eindhoven, Netherlands; NED; turned pro 1997; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 173 that week (OWGR rankBefore 173 (rankAfter 108) per OWGR player profile events table 2003; age: BBC and Golf Today 'The 28-year-old').
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