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Sunday 24 April 2005European TourYear in Review
Scott wins Johnnie Walker Classic
Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 April 2005 · Adam Scott’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse £1,250,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker · Heavy winds forced the abandonment of play in Thursday's first round; most players finished their third rounds on Sunday morning before the final round (Golf Today).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Retief Goosen RSA · 273Closed with 70 and got within one shot when Scott bogeyed the 9th and 10th, but made nine pars on the back nine and missed a lot of putts; finished three back. Adam Scott gains wire to wire victory - Golf Today (Wayback copy)
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Adam Scott
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 April 2005
I feel like when I get in the lead, I can go and run away with it, and it was looking that way here a little bit until I doubled 18 this morning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 April 2005
Can I be Greg Norman? I honestly feel I can follow Greg's footsteps as far as his achievements. I feel that's kind of a goal of mine.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 April 2005
The chances were there to catch him but I didn't take it. Just nine pars on the back nine, missed a lot of putts. Good for him, well played.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Scott | 63 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Richard Sterne | 68 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Michael Campbell | 70 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 70 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | 71 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Brett Rumford | 71 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 9 | Luke Donald | 73 · 67 · 65 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Steven O'Hara | 72 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Santiago Luna | 70 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | 67 · 71 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Scott Drummond | 69 · 71 · 65 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-16, Adelaide, South Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 17, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today also calls him 'the world number 10'. Age 24 stated by Golf Today and consistent with Wikipedia birth date; majors 0 = Wikipedia infobox shows his only major is the 2013 Masters; tour_wins_to_date = No. 5 in Wikipedia's European Tour wins table (season page also shows (5))).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet