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Sunday 7 October 2007European TourYear in Review
Dougherty wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 2007 · Nick Dougherty’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 27° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/10°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 19 · 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 272Made nothing through the scorable front-nine stretch after an opening birdie; got back in it with a birdie at 15, but Dougherty birdied the same hole and closed with a 71 to win by two. ASAP Sports transcript: Justin Rose, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, 7 Oct 2007
168 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews, Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Dougherty
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
Just my biggest weakness is my own mind, and it's also my biggest strength in that I punish myself so badly when things are not going well
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
I just feel like the Old Course it's never really got on with me. It's never really given me much and this would be one of the last places I would not expect to win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
No, I haven't had a chance. I'm going to make him sweat anyway. He put pressure on me to win this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Dougherty | 67 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 68 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 272 | |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Barry Lane | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | |
| T4 | Paul Lawrie | 66 · 73 · 64 · 71 | 274 | |
| T6 | Ernie Els | 67 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 275 | |
| T6 | Trevor Immelman | 73 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 275 | |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 66 · 67 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Soren Hansen | 66 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 276 | |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 67 · 70 · 67 · 73 | 277 | |
| T10 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 277 | |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 74 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 277 | |
| T10 | Scott Strange | 66 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 277 | |
| T10 | Anton Haig | 68 · 66 · 75 · 68 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1982-05-24, Bootle, Liverpool, England; ENG; turned pro 2001; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 100 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 40, 2007) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 100 on the OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
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