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Sunday 15 April 2007European TourYear in Review
Brier wins Volvo China Open
Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 April 2007 · Markus Brier’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$2,000,000 USD · Volvo
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Graeme McDowell NIR · 279Bogey-free closing 69 but kept leaving 15-20 ft putts; shared second, five behind. McDowell second in China - Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
- Scott Hend AUS · 279Closed with 71 to share second, five behind. Volvo China Open 2007 - Asian Tour official final result
- Andrew McLardy RSA · 279Closed with 70 to share second, five behind. Volvo China Open 2007 - Asian Tour official final result
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Markus Brier
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
15 April 2007
I just couldn't get it going in the right direction. I played plenty well to have done the business this week but fair play to Markus.
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh, The Irish Sun)
16 April 2007
Frustration is a word that I have got to take out of my vocabulary.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Brier | 72 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T2 | Scott Hend | 71 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T2 | Andrew McLardy | 72 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T2 | Graeme McDowell | 70 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| 5 | Richard Sterne | 70 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Peter O'Malley | 74 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T6 | Raphael Jacquelin | 68 · 67 · 75 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Prayad Marksaeng | 71 · 74 · 72 · 65 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 73 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| 10 | David Griffiths | 72 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1968-07-05, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 1995; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 231 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 15 2007)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet