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Sunday 27 March 2005European TourYear in Review

Wiratchant wins Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open

Cengkareng Golf Club, Jakarta, Indonesia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 March 2005 · Thaworn Wiratchant’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Standard Chartered · Rain delays: the third round was completed on Sunday morning before the final round; preferred lies in operation (Golf Today, BBC).

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 58 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 82° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R131°/24°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R232°/24°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R329°/25°C · wind 9 km/h W, gusts 22 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R431°/24°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 17.7 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

  • Raphael Jacquelin FRA · 260Got within one stroke of Thaworn at the 11th, but his birdies dried up on the back nine; closed with 65 to finish five back (his fourth career runner-up finish). Wirachant wins by five shots - Golf Today

156 started, 79 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open

Cengkareng Golf Club, Cengkareng Golf Club, Jakarta, Indonesia

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Thaworn Wiratchant

255Total
−25To par
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

BBC Sport

Winning a co-sanctioned event has been on my mind. I've been trying for a while and my dream has now become a reality.

Thaworn Wiratchant, quoted in BBC Sport, 27 March 2005. The report

Golf Today

I saw the leaderboard on 13 and knew that Raphael was three back. I then knocked in a 20-footer for birdie and that gave me a good cushion. I knew it would be safe,

Thaworn Wiratchant, quoted in Golf Today, 27 March 2005. The report

Golf Today

20 under is always a good week. But I would have preferred to win but the guy in front is playing very well.

Raphael Jacquelin, quoted in Golf Today, 27 March 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Thaworn Wiratchant63 · 63 · 66 · 63255−25
2Raphael Jacquelin64 · 67 · 64 · 65260−20
3Adam Fraser66 · 65 · 68 · 62261−19
T4Frankie Minoza67 · 67 · 62 · 66262−18
T4Colin Montgomerie67 · 69 · 66 · 60262−18
6Eiji Mizoguchi64 · 69 · 64 · 66263−17
T7Gary Simpson67 · 67 · 64 · 67265−15
T7Marcus Both67 · 69 · 66 · 63265−15
T7Ariel Canete69 · 68 · 63 · 65265−15
T7Chris Williams63 · 68 · 66 · 68265−15
The golfer

born 1966-12-28, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; THA; turned pro 1987; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 194 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 13, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; age computed from Wikipedia/OWGR birth date and event end date (BBC and Golf Today both print '36-year-old' - see conflicts); majors_to_date null (infobox blank); tour_wins_to_date = No. 1 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table).

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