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Sunday 17 October 2004European TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Mallorca Classic
Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 October 2004 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 30 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 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
- Simon Khan ENG · 272shared the 54-hole lead with Garcia and went three clear after a birdie at the first, but two bogeys let Garcia back in; closed with a 71 and blamed his weekend putting Garcia clinches title with closing 67 - Golf Today round 4 report (Wayback Machine copy)
126 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mallorca Classic
Pula Golf Club, Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
17 October 2004
It's great winning on the European Tour again and to do it in Spain makes it that much sweeter.
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
17 October 2004
Maybe the pressure was on me a little bit because of the gallery expecting me to win and that could have been the reason why I started off a little bit shaky.
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
17 October 2004
If I had holed the putts the way I did in the first two rounds it might have been a different story. To be fair, he showed his class in the end.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Simon Khan | 66 · 64 · 71 · 71 | 272 | |
| 3 | Carlos Rodiles | 66 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 273 | |
| T4 | Santiago Luna | 67 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 275 | |
| T4 | Francois Delamontagne | 65 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 275 | |
| T4 | Markus Brier | 68 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 275 | |
| T7 | Alastair Forsyth | 67 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 276 | |
| T7 | Paul Broadhurst | 68 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 276 | |
| T7 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 72 · 64 · 69 · 71 | 276 | |
| 10 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 73 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore 11 (rankAfter 10) per OWGR player profile events table 2004; Golf Today: 'at number 11').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet