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Sunday 28 November 2004European TourYear in Review
Dodd wins Volvo China Open
Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 November 2004 · Stephen Dodd’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Volvo
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Thomas Bjorn DEN · 279Closed with a 68 but never narrowed Dodd's three-shot 54-hole lead; drew within two at the 15th, then a poor drive at the 554-yard last stopped him going for the green. Golf: Welsh golfer ends wait for title - WalesOnline
102 started · cut +7, 72 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Dodd
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
WalesOnline (Media Wales archive)
27 November 2004
I think other people did. It just takes time to adjust and thankfully I feel it's improving all the time.
WalesOnline (Media Wales archive; press-agency style copy)
28 November 2004
That's a win for the good guys because Stephen's one of them. He's been around for a long time and good for him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Dodd | 68 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Thomas Bjorn | 71 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Jason Dawes | 68 · 74 · 74 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Chawalit Plaphol | 75 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Thaworn Wiratchant | 71 · 74 · 69 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Steve Webster | 70 · 75 · 70 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Amandeep Johl | 68 · 76 · 70 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Jonathan Lomas | 72 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Barry Lane | 68 · 75 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Soren Hansen | 70 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1966-07-15, Cardiff, Wales; WAL; turned pro 1990; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 229 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 48, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; The Irish Times / WalesOnline (PA copy) also state 'Ranked 229th in the world'; age 38 stated by the same reports and consistent with Wikipedia birth date; first European Tour win (reports; season page (1)); majorwins infobox field blank -> null).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet