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Sunday 25 July 2004European TourYear in Review
Rumford wins Nissan Irish Open
County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, Drogheda, Ireland · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 July 2004 · Brett Rumford’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,900,000 EUR · Nissan
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/13°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 50 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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 · 278Was 11 strokes behind with 27 holes to play; birdied the first three holes of a closing 67 but ran out of steam after a bogey from a bunker at the par-three seventh. His 24th career runner-up finish. Brett blows rivals away at Baltray - RTÉ Sport, 25 Jul 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
- Raphael Jacquelin FRA · 278Closed with a 67 to tie second, four behind; his second runner-up finish of the season. Rumford coasts to four stroke victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
154 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Nissan Irish Open
County Louth Golf Club, County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, Drogheda, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brett Rumford
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
25 July 2004
I'm as proud as punch - mentally drained, but burning inside,
Golf Today
25 July 2004
The 15th was the point where I relaxed but your stomach just grinds all day even with a five-shot lead going to the last.
RTÉ Sport
25 July 2004
I should have a post to notch them all up on,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Rumford | 66 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | 278 | −10 | |
| T2 | Raphael Jacquelin | 69 · 68 · 74 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | Peter Lonard | −9 | ||
| T5 | Paul Broadhurst | −8 | ||
| T5 | Paul McGinley | −8 | ||
| T5 | Andrew Oldcorn | −8 | ||
| T8 | Peter Baker | |||
| T8 | Peter Fowler | |||
| T8 | Nick O'Hern |
The golfer
born 1977-07-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 267 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 30, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; BBC and RTÉ also say 267th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet