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Sunday 8 February 2004European TourYear in Review
Els wins Heineken Classic
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 2004 · Ernie Els’s win no. 16 on the European Tour · purse A$2,000,000 AUD · Heineken
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/11°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/15°C · wind 30 km/h WNW, gusts 66 · 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
- Adam Scott AUS · 269Drew level at the turn as Els went out in 42 and got within one with a 35-foot birdie at the 17th, but left his birdie putt to force a playoff short on the 18th. Els scrapes to victory - BBC Sport
156 started, 84 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Heineken Classic
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
9 February 2004
It was like I had never played this game before on the first nine and then I played the back nine as well as I could. It was a tough day,
Associated Press (via ESPN.com)
8 February 2004
It was pretty hard to think that after nine holes, you can pick up eight shots. But just the way he played on the back nine shows what kind of player he really is.
Associated Press (via ESPN.com)
8 February 2004
I didn't hit it right, and it plugged right in the bunker. I had trouble believing what was happening.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 60 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Adam Scott | 66 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Peter Fowler | 66 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Peter Hanson | 67 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 274 | |
| T5 | Michael Campbell | 64 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Stephen Gallacher | 68 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Gareth Paddison | 67 · 68 · 67 · 74 | 276 | |
| T7 | Mahal Pearce | 65 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 276 | |
| T7 | Greg Owen | 68 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Paul Sheehan | 66 · 74 · 65 · 71 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 6, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; Golftoday also calls him world number three; age 34 stated by Golftoday; European Tour win No. 16 per Wikipedia wins table and season page; majors_to_date = Wikipedia major wins table entries dated before Feb 2004 (1994, 1997, 2002)).
What’s in the bag
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