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Sunday 20 May 2007European TourYear in Review

Harrington wins Irish Open

Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 May 2007 · Padraig Harrington’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse €2,500,000 EUR

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 46 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R120°/14°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R214°/10°C · wind 34 km/h WSW, gusts 89 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R313°/6°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 62 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R414°/4°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 28 · 2.2 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

156 started, 74 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Irish Open

Adare Manor, Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Padraig Harrington

283Total
−5To par
playoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I'm the only one with a chance of winning a million Euros. I wish it was somewhere else.

Padraig Harrington, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 20 May 2007. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

My second shot could have been just as easily in the hazard as Bradley's. So I was delighted to see mine stop. So I just got the break there.

Padraig Harrington, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 20 May 2007. The report

Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)

I kept my head down and played by own game and it is just frustrating to give it to him the way I did in the end.

Bradley Dredge, quoted in Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun), 20 May 2007. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Padraig Harrington73 · 68 · 71 · 71283−5
2Bradley Dredge75 · 71 · 69 · 68283
3Simon Wakefield70 · 72 · 73 · 72287
T4Richard Green71 · 73 · 72 · 72288
T4Louis Oosthuizen69 · 74 · 73 · 72288
T4Andres Romero68 · 74 · 75 · 71288
T7Raphael Jacquelin74 · 72 · 72 · 72290
T7Simon Dyson68 · 78 · 75 · 69290
T7Peter Hanson68 · 78 · 73 · 71290
T7Francesco Molinari71 · 74 · 73 · 72290
The golfer

born 1971-08-31, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 0; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 20 2007)).

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