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Sunday 20 June 2004European TourYear in Review
Lima wins Aa St Omer Open
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 June 2004 · Philippe Lima’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €400,000 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
16 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 31 km/h WSW, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/11°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 47 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/9°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/8°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0.3 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
- Alessandro Tadini ITA · 280Tied with Lima playing the 18th, he ran his first putt four feet past and missed the return - a three-putt that denied him a playoff. Philippe Lima clinches title with closing 66 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Aa St Omer Open
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club (Val Course), Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Philippe Lima
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters)
20 June 2004
Make it three in a row and win the French Open next week. Why not?
ESPN (Reuters)
20 June 2004
I know my life is changing now, this is incredible, a dream come true
BBC Sport
20 June 2004
Then I had a good day with the putter today and a 66 was a great score in the conditions.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippe Lima | 71 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 279 | −5 |
| 2 | Alessandro Tadini | 70 · 74 · 67 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| 3 | David Geall | 70 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
| T4 | Simon Dyson | 70 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T4 | James Hepworth | 75 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 282 | −2 |
| T4 | Iain Pyman | 71 · 72 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −2 |
| T4 | Carl Suneson | 70 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Massimo Florioli | 69 · 72 · 69 · 74 | 284 | |
| T8 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 68 · 73 · 69 · 74 | 284 | |
| T8 | Johan Skold | 72 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 284 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-26, Versailles, France; FRA; turned pro 2002; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 539 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 25, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet