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Sunday 26 August 2007European TourYear in Review
Fisher wins KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 2007 · Ross Fisher’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · KLM
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/16°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/14°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 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
- Joost Luiten NED · 269Closed with a 66 including a birdie at the 18th to post 269; Fisher, after two three-putts had let Luiten draw level, holed a birdie putt on the 18th to win by one. KLM Open 2007 – Joost Luiten tweede in Zandvoort, Ross Fisher wint - golfnet.nl
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ross Fisher
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross Fisher | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Joost Luiten | 68 · 64 · 71 · 66 | 269 | |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 67 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T3 | Alastair Forsyth | 66 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T3 | Thomas Levet | 65 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T3 | Steven Alker | 66 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 272 | −8 |
| T3 | Alex Noren | 65 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Stephen Gallacher | 70 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 273 | |
| T8 | Markus Brier | 67 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 273 | |
| T8 | Tom Whitehouse | 68 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 273 | |
| T8 | Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 64 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1980-11-22, Ascot, Berkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2004; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 258 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 34 2007)).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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