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Sunday 21 March 2004European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Singapore · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 March 2004 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 28 on the European Tour · purse US$900,000 USD · Caltex
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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 89° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/26°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/25°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/25°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/26°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 1.2 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
- Greg Hanrahan USA · 275Co-leader overnight with Barry Lane; a level-par 72 left him three behind Montgomerie's closing 65 (Golf Today). Montgomerie returns to form with 3 shot win - Golf Today
144 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Caltex Singapore Masters
Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Singapore
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
21 March 2004
Last year I was feeling low, but not now. I made 17 birdies and had one bogey. I was doing everything right.
BBC Sport
21 March 2004
I came in to play the final round with an aim of posting a score of 65 and it gives me a lot of confidence to go out and do just that.
The Independent (Phil Casey)
22 March 2004
This means an awful lot to me, it means confidence. I lost it last year and I have it back now,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Greg Hanrahan | 68 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Jyoti Randhawa | 72 · 64 · 74 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Nick O'Hern | 71 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Patrik Sjoland | 70 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Wang Ter-Chang | 75 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Barry Lane | 71 · 65 · 67 · 75 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Brett Rumford | 71 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Mardan Mamat | 67 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| 10 | Joakim Haeggman | 73 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 28; world No. 51 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 12, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; age 40 stated by BBC; 28th European Tour win stated by Golf Today and season page (28); majorwins blank -> null).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet