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Sunday 22 April 2007European TourYear in Review
Jacquelin wins BMW Asian Open
Tomson Golf Club, Shanghai, China · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 April 2007 · Raphaël Jacquelin’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$2,300,000 USD · BMW
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 28 km/h SSE, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/14°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 34 km/h NE, gusts 61 · 31.9 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
- Søren Kjeldsen DEN · 280Closed with 73 in the storm-affected final round to finish two behind at eight under. Jacquelin claims Asian Open title - BBC Sport (22 April 2007)
156 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW Asian Open
Tomson Golf Club, Tomson Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Raphaël Jacquelin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
22 April 2007
When you are in a position to win it is always difficult to finish but to be a winner you have to finish.
BBC Sport
22 April 2007
Then the wind picked up and the rain, and it was tough. My shots were not so good so I played for the good side of the green and try and save par.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raphael Jacquelin | 66 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Soren Kjeldsen | 67 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Scott Hend | 69 · 70 · 67 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Simon Yates | 74 · 69 · 64 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 71 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Markus Brier | 71 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Richard Sterne | 70 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Sung Lee | 68 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| 9 | Graeme McDowell | 73 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Miguel A Jimenez | 70 · 69 · 72 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Andrew McLardy | 72 · 70 · 67 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Simon Dyson | 70 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Joakim Backstrom | 70 · 69 · 68 · 77 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Kane Webber | 71 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1974-05-08, Lyon, France; FRA; turned pro 1995; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 104 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 16 2007)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet