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Sunday 23 May 2004European TourYear in Review
Immelman wins Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, St. Leon-Rot, near Heidelberg, Germany · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 May 2004 · Trevor Immelman’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Deutsche Bank, SAP
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/12°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 49 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/7°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/5°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0.4 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 272Defending champion; closed with a 66 but missed a birdie putt at the 72nd (eight feet per BBC, 10 feet per Golf Today) that would have forced a playoff. BBC Sport - Immelman wins TPC of Europe (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
Golf Club St. Leon-Rot (St. Leon Course), Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, St. Leon-Rot, near Heidelberg, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Trevor Immelman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
23 May 2004
There were 13 other clubs in my bag; you've got to hit the ball well, too
BBC Sport
23 May 2004
To win this tournament, which is one of the biggest on the European Tour, against one of the strongest field, is a tremendous feeling
BBC Sport
23 May 2004
I was doing well and I just kept looking up at the leaderboard and was surprised I had to make more birdies
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 65 · 72 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Joakim Haeggman | 69 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 67 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | David Howell | 65 · 71 · 75 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Soren Kjeldsen | 70 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| 8 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 280 | |
| T9 | Alex Cejka | 69 · 64 · 76 · 72 | 281 | |
| T9 | Retief Goosen | 70 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1979-12-16, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1999; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 53 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 21, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today also states world ranking of 53).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet