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Sunday 25 May 2003European TourYear in Review
Garrido wins Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 May 2003 · Ignacio Garrido’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €3,500,000 EUR · Volvo
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/8°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 4.2 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
- Trevor Immelman RSA · 27054-hole leader; birdied the closing par fives for a 68 to force a playoff, then three-putted the 18th at the first extra hole BBC Sport: Garrido triumphs after play-off (25 May 2003, Wayback Machine)
156 started · cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ignacio Garrido
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2003
Well, I think there's no champion without luck. Yeah, I had good luck on my second shot. I couldn't see where it hit or what it did, but the lie I had was really good for the chip.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2003
I was so happy with how I had done during the day that it still had not settled in, really. By the time I realised that I was playing the playoff, I had won it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 May 2003
And here it was, sort of tracking, tracking, tracking and was I was walking forward; I thought it was going to fall in. But just caught the edge. So, you know, what can you do?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignacio Garrido | 70 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Trevor Immelman | 69 · 69 · 64 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Mathias Gronberg | 72 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Ernie Els | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Barry Lane | 72 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Kenneth Ferrie | 70 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Soren Kjeldsen | 68 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Thomas Levet | 74 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Paul Casey | 70 · 72 · 64 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Nick Faldo | 71 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Gary Orr | 69 · 72 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Phillip Price | 71 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1972-03-27, Madrid, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1993; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 228 that week (OWGR rankFrom on the OWGR event page; The Independent: "started the week ranked 228th in the world").
What’s in the bag
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