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Sunday 4 May 2003European TourYear in Review
Gronberg wins Italian Open Telecom Italia
Gardagolf Country Club, Brescia, Italy · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May 2003 · Mathias Gronberg’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,100,000 EUR · Telecom Italia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 14 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°/14°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/15°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 27 · 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
- Ricardo Gonzalez ARG · 273Overnight leader by one; extended it with an early eagle but double-bogeyed the 7th and closed with 70 (Golf Today). Italian Open Telecom Italia 2003 - Golf Today final-round report (Wayback Machine)
- Jose Manuel Lara ESP · 273Closed with 65 to set the target but bogeyed the last (Golf Today). Italian Open Telecom Italia 2003 - Golf Today final-round report (Wayback Machine)
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 273Closed with 65 after a birdie at the 2nd and a 20-foot eagle at the 3rd but had left himself too much to do (Golf Today). Italian Open Telecom Italia 2003 - Golf Today final-round report (Wayback Machine)
153 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Italian Open Telecom Italia
Gardagolf Country Club, Gardagolf Country Club, Brescia, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mathias Gronberg
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
4 May 2003
I think I put on some extra kilos this week nibbling at the cheese every time I went past the stall at the tournament, so that made the prize even bigger.
Golf Today
4 May 2003
When I saw I was out of the world's top 200 recently it was a real shock
Golf Today
4 May 2003
Three years between victories is no fun,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Gronberg | 71 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 67 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Jose Manuel Lara | 69 · 68 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Simon Khan | 70 · 72 · 64 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Martin Maritz | 71 · 71 · 66 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Pierre Fulke | 68 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Fredrik Widmark | 69 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Peter O'Malley | 64 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Marc Farry | 72 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Gustavo Rojas | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Emanuele Canonica | 72 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Rolf Muntz | 69 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1970-03-12, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1990; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 209 that week (OWGR rankBefore (rankFrom on OWGR event 2882); age 33 stated by Golf Today; tour win No. 4 from Golf Today ('fourth European Tour title'), Wikipedia season page and wins table; majorwins blank -> null).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet