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Sunday 3 June 2007European TourYear in Review
Sterne wins Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3 June 2007 · Richard Sterne’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1,500,000 GBP · Celtic Manor
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 10.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/8°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 17 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/9°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 21 · 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
- Bradley Dredge WAL · 264stood on the 72nd tee one shot ahead, drove into the bunker, came up short and lipped out a six-foot par putt for a bogey (thinking a par would win) Zions our best in Wales - Golf Australia (archive)
- Mardan Mamat SGP · 264closed with a best-of-the-week 62, eight birdies, climbing from 23rd Zions our best in Wales - Golf Australia (archive)
- Soren Kjeldsen DEN · 264closed with a 65 to tie second, one behind Zions our best in Wales - Golf Australia (archive)
- Mads Vibe-Hastrup DEN · 264closed with a 66 to tie second, one behind Zions our best in Wales - Golf Australia (archive)
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort (Roman Road Course), Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Sterne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
3 June 2007
It is always difficult when you are knocking on the door and you don't win but I was playing well again this week and to get the breakthrough means a lot.
Golf Australia (archive)
3 June 2007
Fantastic – that saves me playing 36 holes of qualifying,
The Irish Sun (Brian Keogh, via Irish Golf Desk)
3 June 2007
Tension? There's always tension over a six-footer. There was a lot of tension over all the putts today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Sterne | 67 · 67 · 64 · 65 | 263 | −13 |
| T2 | Mardan Mamat | 71 · 64 · 67 · 62 | 264 | |
| T2 | Soren Kjeldsen | 65 · 70 · 64 · 65 | 264 | |
| T2 | Bradley Dredge | 66 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 264 | |
| T2 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 67 · 63 · 68 · 66 | 264 | |
| T6 | Gary Murphy | 68 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 265 | −11 |
| T6 | Mikko Ilonen | 67 · 65 · 70 · 63 | 265 | |
| T8 | David Frost | 68 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 266 | |
| T8 | Paul Broadhurst | 65 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 266 | |
| T8 | Gary Orr | 65 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 266 | |
| T8 | Nick Dougherty | 69 · 63 · 68 · 66 | 266 | |
| T8 | Tom Whitehouse | 71 · 65 · 66 · 64 | 266 | |
| T8 | Alejandro Canizares | 69 · 67 · 65 · 65 | 266 |
The golfer
born 1981-08-27, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2001; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 59 that week (OWGR rankBefore 59 (rankAfter 35) per OWGR player profile events table 2007).
What’s in the bag
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