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Sunday 29 April 2007European TourYear in Review
Schwartzel wins Open de España
Centro de Golf Nacional, Madrid, Spain · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 April 2007 · Charl Schwartzel’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Rain cost more than seven hours on the first day and lightning stopped play again on day two; half the field did not hit a shot on Thursday
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/9°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 22 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/9°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/8°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/8°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 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
- Jyoti Randhawa IND · 273Closed with 67 to finish one behind after Schwartzel's eagle at the par-five 16th; Schwartzel bogeyed the last but held on. Schwartzel wins Spanish Open - Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
156 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de España
Centro de Golf Nacional (National Golf Centre), Centro de Golf Nacional, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Charl Schwartzel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
29 April 2007
Ricci has helped quite a lot - he is very confident and that gives me a little edge.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Jyoti Randhawa | 75 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 273 | |
| 3 | Carlos Rodiles | 70 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 274 | |
| T4 | Mark Foster | 68 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 275 | |
| T4 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 275 | |
| T6 | Fredrik Andersson Hed | 68 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 276 | |
| T6 | Andres Romero | 70 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 276 | |
| T8 | Stuart Little | 67 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 277 | |
| T8 | Alastair Forsyth | 68 · 74 · 66 · 69 | 277 | |
| T8 | Stephen Gallacher | 71 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 277 | |
| T8 | Nick Dougherty | 66 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 277 | |
| T8 | Tom Whitehouse | 71 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 277 | |
| T8 | Gregory Bourdy | 67 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1984-08-31, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 58 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 17 2007)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet