Golf Network News
Sunday 14 September 2003European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Trophée Lancôme
Saint-Nom-La Breteche Golf Club, Paris, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 September 2003 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · Lancôme
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Paul McGinley IRL · 270Closed to within one shot on the back nine, then bogeyed the 15th and double-bogeyed the par-5 16th; finished alone in second, four behind. Goosen gains wire to wire victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
154 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Trophée Lancôme
Saint-Nom-La Breteche Golf Club (Blue and Red Courses), Saint-Nom-La Breteche Golf Club, Paris, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
14 September 2003
It's been a great week here with my family but a tough one on the golf course today. I struggled with my swing, and I think I used all of the golf course to get this job done.
Golf Today
14 September 2003
The course was starting to play tough on the back nine and I got a break on the 16th when Paul made double-bogey,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 63 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Paul McGinley | 66 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 69 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | 67 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T5 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 66 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | Hennie Otto | 69 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| 7 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 72 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 273 | |
| T8 | David Howell | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | |
| T8 | Carlos Rodiles | 66 · 66 · 73 · 69 | 274 | |
| T10 | Peter Fowler | 67 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 275 | |
| T10 | Damien McGrane | 68 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 275 | |
| T10 | Marten Olander | 71 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg (Polokwane), South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 37, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet