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Sunday 29 June 2003European TourYear in Review
Golding wins Open de France
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 2003 · Philip Golding’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,500,000 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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/15°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 35 · 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
- David Howell ENG · 274birdied the 18th (eagle putt stopped an inch short) to set 14 under; Golding then reached the par-five 18th in two and two-putted for a winning birdie BBC Sport: Golding claims maiden win (29 June 2003, Wayback Machine)
152 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Philip Golding
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
29 June 2003
I'm really proud of myself for keeping going because I could have packed everything in after so many tries at tour school,
Golftoday
29 June 2003
It's a real monkey off my shoulders. I've persevered and today kept going by reminding myself what this was all about.
BBC Sport
29 June 2003
When I just failed to keep my card last season I didn't want to go back to the school, but my wife persuaded me to.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Golding | 66 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | David Howell | 71 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Justin Rose | 68 · 69 · 73 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Peter O'Malley | 70 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Simon Wakefield | 70 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Andrew Oldcorn | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Brian Davis | 68 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 277 | |
| T8 | Stephen Gallacher | 68 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 277 | |
| T8 | Barry Lane | 70 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 277 | |
| T8 | Pierre Fulke | 70 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1962-07-25, Luton, Bedfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1981; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 410 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2003 events table); BBC Sport printed "ranked 411th in the world").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet