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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).
- R120°/14°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/10°C · wind 34 km/h WSW, gusts 89 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/6°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 62 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Bradley Dredge WAL · 283Came from four behind on the back nine with a closing 68 to tie, then lost the playoff at the first extra hole after his lay-up ran into the rough by the riverbank and he plugged his third in the bank. Harrington is Irish Open champion - Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun), with final scoreboard
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
I'm the only one with a chance of winning a million Euros. I wish it was somewhere else.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
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.
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
20 May 2007
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.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 73 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| 2 | Bradley Dredge | 75 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 283 | |
| 3 | Simon Wakefield | 70 · 72 · 73 · 72 | 287 | |
| T4 | Richard Green | 71 · 73 · 72 · 72 | 288 | |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 74 · 73 · 72 | 288 | |
| T4 | Andres Romero | 68 · 74 · 75 · 71 | 288 | |
| T7 | Raphael Jacquelin | 74 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 290 | |
| T7 | Simon Dyson | 68 · 78 · 75 · 69 | 290 | |
| T7 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 78 · 73 · 71 | 290 | |
| T7 | Francesco Molinari | 71 · 74 · 73 · 72 | 290 |
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)).
What’s in the bag
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