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Sunday 1 July 2007European TourYear in Review
Storm wins Open de France Alstom
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 2007 · Graeme Storm’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €4,000,000 EUR · Alstom
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 50 · 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
- Soren Hansen DEN · 278overnight leader closed with a 72 and missed a 30- to 40-foot birdie putt on the last that would have forced a play-off Storm surges to French Open win - BBC Sport
156 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France Alstom
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Graeme Storm
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
1 July 2007
Working in the factory for three months helped he see the other side. I'm not being disrespectful to people who work in a factory but, from what I wanted to achieve, it was a bit of a comedown.
BBC Sport
1 July 2007
I'm sure everybody at home is ecstatic. It's a big moment for us all.
BBC Sport
1 July 2007
Over the last six or seven months I've been thinking that it might never happen. I've been putting too much pressure on myself but hopefully now I can go on to better things.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Storm | 66 · 74 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −7 |
| 2 | Soren Hansen | 69 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T3 | Thomas Bjorn | 68 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T3 | Damien McGrane | 68 · 72 · 74 · 65 | 279 | −5 |
| T3 | Simon Khan | 70 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Jyoti Randhawa | 68 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Martin Kaymer | 70 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| 9 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 74 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T10 | David Lynn | 72 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T10 | Bradley Dredge | 73 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1978-03-13, Hartlepool, England; ENG; turned pro 2000; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 205 that week (OWGR rankBefore 205 (rankAfter 123) per OWGR player profile events table 2007).
What’s in the bag
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