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Sunday 1 December 2002European TourYear in Review
Jacobson wins Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong · Thursday 28 November to Sunday 1 December 2002 · Fredrik Jacobson’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$700,000 USD · Omega
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/16°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 37 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 23 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/19°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 41 · 3.5 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
- Jorge Berendt ARG · 262Co-leader overnight; closed with a 67 to tie for second, two behind Jacobson's closing 64. Jacobson claims first Tour title - Golftoday
- Henrik Nystrom SWE · 262Co-leader overnight; three closing birdies for a 67 left him tied for second, two behind. Jacobson claims first Tour title - Golftoday
132 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fredrik Jacobson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
1 December 2002
When you finish second six times, you wonder if forever you're going to be a runner-up. It feels nice to prove that I can win golf tournaments.
Golftoday
1 December 2002
I have been second six times before and to finally win before the winter break is so good. It's the first time too I will be exempt going into a new year and that's also a great relief.
Golftoday
1 December 2002
I felt fine out there and it is one of the few times I didn't look at any leader boards,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrik Jacobson | 68 · 65 · 63 · 64 | 260 | −16 |
| T2 | Henrik Nystrom | 64 · 68 · 63 · 67 | 262 | −14 |
| T2 | Jorge Berendt | 68 · 65 · 62 · 67 | 262 | −14 |
| T4 | Soren Kjeldsen | 65 · 70 · 63 · 65 | 263 | −13 |
| T4 | Gary Orr | 67 · 66 · 63 · 67 | 263 | −13 |
| T4 | Stephen Dodd | 64 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 263 | −13 |
| 7 | Tony Johnstone | 64 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 264 | −12 |
| T8 | Thomas Levet | 65 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 265 | −11 |
| T8 | Jyoti Randhawa | 67 · 62 · 69 · 67 | 265 | −11 |
| T8 | Craig Kamps | 68 · 63 · 66 · 68 | 265 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1974-09-26, Kungsbacka, Sweden; SWE; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 107 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 48, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 28 stated by Golftoday and The Independent; turned_pro and majors_to_date null: Wikipedia infobox fields blank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet