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Sunday 4 July 2004European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Smurfit European Open
The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 2004 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse £2,400,000 GBP · Smurfit
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/10°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 57 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 67 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 53 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/10°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 3.1 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
- Lee Westwood ENG · 280Closed with a 71 and missed a birdie putt at the last to share second, five behind. BBC Sport - Goosen wins European Open (Wayback Machine copy)
- Richard Green AUS · 280Closed with a second straight 66 after a second-round 78 to share second, five behind. Goosen coasts to five shot victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Peter O'Malley AUS · 280Closed with a 70 to share second, five behind. Goosen coasts to five shot victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Smurfit European Open
The K Club (South Course), The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (AP copy)
4 July 2004
I don't want to go to Troon the following week feeling like I don't want to play
BBC Sport
4 July 2004
I played well in the bad weather - we're likely to get weather like this in the British Open, so it's good to know I can handle it.
BBC Sport
4 July 2004
I could have run Retief Goosen close, but nobody really put enough pressure on him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Richard Green | 70 · 78 · 66 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Peter O'Malley | 72 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Maarten Lafeber | 67 · 70 · 75 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Jose Manuel Lara | 73 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| 7 | David Howell | 69 · 72 · 75 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Angel Cabrera | 72 · 73 · 72 · 67 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Soren Kjeldsen | 71 · 75 · 69 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Paul Broadhurst | 67 · 74 · 69 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Thongchai Jaidee | 72 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Paul McGinley | 70 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Nick O'Hern | 67 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 2; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 27, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table).
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