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Sunday 24 October 2004European TourYear in Review
Sterne wins Open de Madrid
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 October 2004 · Richard Sterne’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,013,392 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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 10.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/12°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 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
- Anders Hansen DEN · 268closed with a 66, his best result since winning the 2002 Volvo PGA Championship, but finished two shots behind Sterne's closing 65 Sterne clinches maiden title with 65 - Golf Today round 4 report (Wayback Machine copy)
120 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de Madrid
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo, Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Sterne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
24 October 2004
I began the day knowing if I shot a 72 or 73 it would have been back to tour school - I knew I was better than that
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
24 October 2004
It was my goal a couple of weeks ago to get myself in contention on the last day and I've pulled it off.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Sterne | 70 · 65 · 66 · 65 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Anders Hansen | 68 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Terry Price | 66 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Paul Broadhurst | 67 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Raphael Jacquelin | 74 · 64 · 64 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Darren Fichardt | 67 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Ivo Giner | 68 · 69 · 64 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Wade Ormsby | 72 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T9 | Raymond Russell | 71 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 272 | |
| T9 | Trevor Immelman | 67 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 272 | |
| T9 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 272 | |
| T9 | Brett Rumford | 70 · 65 · 66 · 71 | 272 | |
| T9 | Johan Edfors | 66 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 272 |
The golfer
born 1981-08-27, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2001; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 379 that week (OWGR rankBefore 379 (rankAfter 212) per OWGR player profile events table 2004).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet