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Sunday 7 December 2003European TourYear in Review
Harrington wins Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 December 2003 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse US$700,000 USD · 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
10 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 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
- Hennie Otto RSA · 270Set the clubhouse target at 10 under with four back-nine birdies, but Harrington birdied the last two holes to beat him by one. Harrington wins Hong Kong title - BBC Sport
138 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Omega Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Padraig Harrington
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport (Shane Murray)
7 December 2003
I couldn't have been left in a worse situation, except for the fact I had seen the leaderboard at that stage and knew it was all or nothing at the time
Associated Press (via ESPN.com)
7 December 2003
It was all or nothing when I realized at the 16th hole that Otto had taken the lead. I knew this was not the time for finishing second best.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Hennie Otto | 68 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Thomas Bjorn | 69 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Fredrik Jacobson | 68 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Chris Gane | 70 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | James Kingston | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Prayad Marksaeng | 67 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −6 |
| T7 | Christopher Hanell | 68 · 69 · 65 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Michael Campbell | 67 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 68 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | Gary Rusnak | 68 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | David Carter | 70 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T10 | Rob Rashell | 70 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 49, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table; age 32 stated by BBC Sport; eighth title of his career per BBC and European Tour win No. 8 per Wikipedia wins table and season page; majors_to_date 0: his Wikipedia majors table lists wins in 2007 and 2008 only).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet