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Sunday 10 June 2007European TourYear in Review
Green wins BA-CA Golf Open
Fontana Golf Club, Austria (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 June 2007 · Richard Green’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 EUR · BA-CA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jean-Francois Remesy FRA · 268closed with a 64 to tie Green, then found the rocks by the water with his approach at the first play-off hole and bogeyed Green gets gold - Golf Australia (archive)
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BA-CA Golf Open
Fontana Golf Club, Fontana Golf Club, Austria
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Green
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Australia (archive)
10 June 2007
I feel very drained and relieved. I was very nervous on the 18th green and I had to compose myself after getting into the play-off,
Golf Australia (archive)
10 June 2007
I am relieved now. I feel I am in the prime of my career and I always felt I would win again and get the monkey off my back,
Golf Australia (archive)
10 June 2007
My brain was pretty scrambled as I signed my card but I still felt I could win. My caddie, Stuart, told me to remember my play-off record.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Green | 66 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 72 · 67 · 65 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 68 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 269 | |
| T3 | Michael Jonzon | 70 · 69 · 64 · 66 | 269 | |
| T3 | Chris Gane | 75 · 65 · 64 · 65 | 269 | |
| 6 | Stephen Gallacher | 69 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 270 | |
| T7 | Graeme Storm | 63 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 271 | |
| T7 | Steven Jeppesen | 67 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 271 | |
| T9 | Martin Erlandsson | 64 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 273 | |
| T9 | David Higgins | 70 · 71 · 67 · 65 | 273 | |
| T9 | Tom Whitehouse | 65 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| T9 | Richard McEvoy | 66 · 71 · 64 · 72 | 273 | |
| T9 | Graeme McDowell | 71 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1971-02-19, Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 63 that week (OWGR rankBefore 63 (rankAfter 37) per OWGR player profile events table 2007).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet