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Sunday 16 May 2004European TourYear in Review
Jiménez wins BMW Asian Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Pudong, Shanghai, China · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 May 2004 · Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s win no. 10 on the European Tour · purse US$1,500,000 USD · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 35 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/16°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 42.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/17°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 20.5 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
- Simon Dyson ENG · 277Led from the first round and by six after 54 holes, but a final-round 76 with wayward driving and a missed two-foot par putt at the 9th left him three behind. Jimenez wins third title of 2004 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW Asian Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Pudong, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
16 May 2004
I had 30 meters to the hole. When I hit it, I saw it had a chance to go into the hole. And then it bounced on the green and disappeared.
ESPN (AP)
16 May 2004
If I play like this, I can do anything
Golf Today
16 May 2004
Coming into the week, I would have taken second and I know I was six ahead.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 71 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Simon Dyson | 66 · 69 · 66 · 76 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Prayad Marksaeng | 67 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | KJ Choi | 67 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Paul McGinley | 68 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Adam Groom | 69 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Lian-Wei Zhang | 70 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Unho Park | 71 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 72 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Greg Hanrahan | 67 · 71 · 75 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Marcus Both | 68 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 71 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Jyoti Randhawa | 70 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1964-01-05, Málaga, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1982; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 47 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 20, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet