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Monday 2 May 2005European TourYear in Review
Els wins BMW Asian Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, China · Thursday 28 April to Monday 2 May 2005 · Ernie Els’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse US$1,500,000 USD · BMW · weather: lightning halted play for 3 hours 15 minutes on Sunday 1 May; final round completed Monday 2 May (first Monday finish in Asian Tour history)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 15.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 40 · 15.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R521°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 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
- Simon Wakefield ENG · 275Els's playing partner; bogeyed the eighth on the final morning as the lead stretched to 10 and closed with a 73, 13 behind. Ernie Els coasts to record 13 stroke victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW Asian Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
2 May 2005
I knew the parts of my game I was working on and I am a little surprised that it came so fast, but obviously they are the right things.
BBC Sport
2 May 2005
You are playing golf with Ernie Els and you are not enjoying it. What's going on?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 67 · 62 · 68 · 65 | 262 | −26 |
| 2 | Simon Wakefield | 67 · 69 · 66 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Thomas Bjorn | 71 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Eddie Lee | 67 · 66 · 73 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 70 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 70 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Stuart Little | 71 · 70 · 72 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Soren Hansen | 69 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | James Kingston | 70 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Peter Hedblom | 72 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Edward Michaels | 74 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | David Park | 70 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 69 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today report also calls him world number three).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet