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Sunday 5 September 2004European TourYear in Review
Donald wins Omega European Masters
Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 September 2004 · Luke Donald’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · Omega
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 5 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/7°C · wind 5 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/6°C · wind 6 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/9°C · wind 5 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 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
- Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP · 270Led by a stroke overnight but stalled with a closing 72 while Donald eagled the first and shot 66. Donald clinches title with closing 66 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega European Masters
Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre (Alpine Course), Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Luke Donald
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
5 September 2004
I had some hiccups, a couple of bogeys, but every time I made a bogey I seemed to come back with a birdie. That was the difference.
BBC Sport
5 September 2004
I'm glad I made the decision to come over here and play and rejoin the European Tour, and everything has worked out just perfectly,
BBC Sport
5 September 2004
I didn't play as good as the first three days. The putts didn't go in the hole and it was one of those days,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Donald | 67 · 67 · 65 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 65 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Robert Coles | 70 · 68 · 69 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | 271 | −13 | |
| T3 | Eduardo Romero | 68 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 6 | Graeme McDowell | 69 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 272 | |
| 7 | Ernie Els | 69 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 273 | |
| T8 | Kyoung-Ju Choi | 76 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 274 | |
| T8 | Carlos Rodiles | 274 | ||
| T10 | Darren Fichardt | 276 | ||
| T10 | Peter O'Malley | 72 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | Stephen Scahill | 70 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1977-12-07, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2001; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 47 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 36, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet