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Sunday 10 August 2003European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins Nordic Open
Simon's Golf Club, Copenhagen, Denmark (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 2003 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 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
15 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 267Began the day with a share of the lead, bogeyed twice on the front nine, then could not reach the par-5 18th in two and missed a 15-foot birdie putt to force a playoff. Poulter will travel to next week's USPGA in a confident mood (Nordic Open result) - BBC Sport (Wayback Machine copy)
154 started · cut -3, 86 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Nordic Open
Simon's Golf Club, Simon's Golf Club, Copenhagen, Denmark
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
10 August 2003
It was nice to let the golf actually do all the work and stop people talking about the hair,
BBC Sport
10 August 2003
I'm very, very confident the way I played this week. I really hit some fantastic shots all week and very few off line.
Golf Today
10 August 2003
Two bogeys is not really good enough and then I was given a chance by Ian who parred the last three holes when they are definite birdie opportunities, but fell one short.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | 68 · 67 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Stephen Gallacher | 71 · 65 · 69 · 63 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Soren Hansen | 71 · 66 · 62 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Gregory Havret | 68 · 63 · 69 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| 6 | Brian Davis | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 7 | David Gilford | 66 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 65 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 271 | |
| T8 | Marten Olander | 66 · 73 · 65 · 67 | 271 | |
| T8 | Patrik Sjoland | 69 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 271 | |
| T8 | Steve Webster | 66 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 271 |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 76 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 32, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet