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Sunday 8 July 2007European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Smurfit Kappa European Open
The K Club, Straffan, Ireland · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 July 2007 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 31 on the European Tour · purse £2,400,000 GBP · Smurfit Kappa · final round interrupted twice by thunderstorms (48 and 82 minutes); finished the same day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 37 km/h SW, gusts 79 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 72 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 40 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/9°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 3.5 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
- Niclas Fasth SWE · 270made his only two bogeys straight after the first weather delay, then missed birdie chances at the 17th (eight feet) and 18th (14 feet) that would have forced a play-off O'Malley seventh in European Open - Golf Australia (archive)
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Smurfit Kappa European Open
The K Club, The K Club, Straffan, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 July 2007
Nick Faldo had won 30 tournaments and so had I and it is nice to go one ahead of him. It means a lot to me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 July 2007
It is just great at 44 to come back and win again as sometimes that is the end of one's career and I feel this is a new beginning for me and I can look forward now.
The Irish Sun (Brian Keogh, via Irish Golf Desk)
8 July 2007
I heard some people say that the putting has gone, he can't win again. I listened to that and I came out with the belly putter this week and it worked. So I silenced a few.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 July 2007
I left some eight or ten footers on the edge and it didn't really happen today like it needs to to win a tournament. Nearly, but not quite.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 64 · 71 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Niclas Fasth | 65 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Anthony Wall | 68 · 72 · 66 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Gregory Havret | 65 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Pelle Edberg | 67 · 65 · 73 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Peter O'Malley | 72 · 68 · 63 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Thomas Levet | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Peter Hedblom | 68 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Soren Hansen | 69 · 68 · 63 · 72 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; age 44 that week; tour wins to date: 31; majors to date: 0; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore 43 (rankAfter 30) per OWGR player profile events table 2007; Montgomerie (ASAP) says he moved up to 43rd the week before).
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