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Sunday 13 June 2004European TourYear in Review
Tunnicliff wins Diageo Championship at Gleneagles
The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 June 2004 · Miles Tunnicliff’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1,400,000 GBP · Diageo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 9.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 63 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/9°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 0 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
- Graeme McDowell NIR · 280Five straight birdies around the turn made a challenge, but a double bogey at the long 16th left him five behind with a 67. BBC Sport - Tunnicliff wins at Gleneagles (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Diageo Championship at Gleneagles
The Gleneagles Hotel (PGA Centenary Course), The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Miles Tunnicliff
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
13 June 2004
Some people thought I was maybe lucky with my first win, but I think I have proved them wrong
ESPN (Reuters)
13 June 2004
All I was trying to do was keep the ball in play and hole some putts, and in the end it was fantastic.
BBC Sport
13 June 2004
I can't be too hard on myself - 67 is pretty good out there. The third shot to the 16th was highly disappointing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Tunnicliff | 67 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Graeme McDowell | 69 · 71 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Steven O'Hara | 73 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Nick O'Hern | 67 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | David Lynn | 71 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Andrew Oldcorn | 74 · 73 · 68 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Russell Claydon | 70 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Paul McGinley | 68 · 73 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Raymond Russell | 75 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Stephen Gallacher | 72 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Richard Green | 69 · 74 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Gary Murphy | 70 · 74 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Peter O'Malley | 71 · 75 · 70 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Anthony Wall | 74 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1968-07-30, Leamington Spa, England; ENG; turned pro 1989; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 262 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 24, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet