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Sunday 12 September 2004European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 September 2004 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Linde
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/13°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 58 · 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
- Nick O'Hern AUS · 278Closed with a 70 to finish three strokes behind; took second alone after overnight leader Graeme McDowell fell away with a 77. Harrington takes Masters title - RTÉ Sport, 12 Sep 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
132 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Linde German Masters
Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport
12 September 2004
It was perfect today. I just overdid it practising for four hours on Friday afternoon,
Golf Today
12 September 2004
I'd been focusing on the wrong things and I'm surprised to turn things around so quickly.
Golf Today
12 September 2004
I'm hoping I won't be required to play five out of five matches anyway. This time around Europe is a really balanced team.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 75 · 64 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Nick O'Hern | 68 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 68 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell | 69 · 64 · 69 · 77 | 279 | −9 |
| 5 | Alex Cejka | 67 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Paul Casey | 68 · 72 · 67 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Nick Dougherty | 72 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 283 | |
| T6 | Richard Green | 68 · 68 · 73 · 74 | 283 | |
| 9 | Kenneth Ferrie | 73 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 284 | |
| T10 | Alastair Forsyth | 70 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 285 | |
| T10 | Trevor Immelman | 70 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 285 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 0; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 37, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today also calls him world number eight).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet