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Sunday 16 September 2007European TourYear in Review
Hansen wins Mercedes-Benz Championship
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 September 2007 · Soren Hansen’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Mercedes-Benz
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/10°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/8°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/9°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/9°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 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
- Phillip Archer ENG · 275
- Alastair Forsyth SCO · 275
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Soren Hansen
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soren Hansen | 65 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Phillip Archer | 71 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 275 | |
| T2 | Alastair Forsyth | 76 · 67 · 62 · 70 | 275 | |
| T4 | Thomas Bjorn | 71 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 276 | |
| T4 | Bradley Dredge | 68 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 276 | |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 61 · 73 · 72 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Soren Kjeldsen | 73 · 67 · 72 · 65 | 277 | |
| T6 | Simon Khan | 67 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 277 | |
| T9 | Paul Lawrie | 68 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 278 | |
| T9 | Richard Sterne | 67 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1974-03-21, Copenhagen, Denmark; DEN; turned pro 1997; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 92 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 37 2007)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet