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Sunday 3 February 2008European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 31 January to Sunday 3 February 2008 · purse US$2,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/16°C · wind 45 km/h WNW, gusts 69 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/15°C · wind 36 km/h WNW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/16°C · wind 31 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 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
- Martin Kaymer GER · 275Closed birdie-birdie-eagle (a 3-iron from 218 metres at the 18th) for a 66 after Woods had posted, finishing one short. Tiger continues to amaze, rallying to win Dubai Classic (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, 4 Feb 2008
120 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2008
And like I told Stevie, if we shoot 30 on this back nine, we'll probably be in a playoff, but just need to go out there and shoot the 30; I shot 31, and just happened to be good enough.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2008
I didn't tell you guys this, but I broke my driver on Wednesday and had to use my backup, which I didn't like very much. I spun it too much.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2008
I thought eagle or bogey. I was not thinking about par.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 71 · 73 · 65 | 274 | |
| 2 | Martin Kaymer | 67 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 275 | |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 68 · 72 · 65 · 71 | 276 | |
| T3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 73 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 276 | |
| 5 | Graeme McDowell | 67 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 278 | |
| T6 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 72 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 280 | |
| T6 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 280 | |
| T6 | Peter Hedblom | 69 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 280 | |
| T6 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 280 | |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 72 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 281 | |
| T10 | Ross Fisher | 69 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 281 | |
| T10 | Thomas Levet | 67 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 281 | |
| T10 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 32 that week; majors to date: 13; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 5, 2008) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet