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Sunday 6 June 2004European TourYear in Review
Khan wins Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 June 2004 · Simon Khan’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £1,500,000 GBP · Celtic Manor
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/10°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/13°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 24 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0.7 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
- Paul Casey ENG · 267Three ahead overnight and four ahead with seven to play, he double-bogeyed the 15th, birdied the 72nd to force a playoff, then bogeyed the second extra hole. Khan gains maiden victory in playoff - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
150 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort (Wentwood Hills Course), Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Simon Khan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
6 June 2004
Scott definitely inspired me. When he won on Sunday night it was like somebody turning on a light.
Golf Today
6 June 2004
The 72nd was probably the most nervous I've ever been, I'd heard people say it is difficult to hole a putt to win and I found that out.
BBC Sport
6 June 2004
This should have been a day when I polished it off, not even a contest
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Khan | 69 · 61 · 70 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Paul Casey | 69 · 63 · 65 · 70 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 71 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| 4 | Nick O'Hern | 70 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 273 | |
| T5 | John Bickerton | 70 · 71 · 63 · 70 | 274 | |
| T5 | Alastair Forsyth | 74 · 66 · 65 · 69 | 274 | |
| T5 | David Howell | 65 · 74 · 67 · 68 | 274 | |
| T5 | Martin Maritz | 69 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 274 | |
| T9 | Stephen Dodd | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | |
| T9 | James Kingston | 70 · 66 · 66 · 74 | 276 | |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 71 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1972-06-16, Chingford, England; ENG; turned pro 1991; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 255 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 23, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; BBC Sport and Golf Today also state 255th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet