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Sunday 18 May 2008European TourYear in Review
Finch wins Irish Open
Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 May 2008 · Richard Finch’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,500,000 EUR
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/7°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 1.3 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
- Felipe Aguilar CHI · 280
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Irish Open
Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Adare Manor, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Finch
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 May 2008
I just did think, my God, it's going to take a while to live this one down.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 May 2008
I did think, my God (laughing). But I was pleased for him to have such a good week. He's such a nice guy. Maybe it's the Guinness rubbed off on me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Finch | 71 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Felipe Aguilar | 71 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 75 · 70 · 64 · 72 | 281 | |
| T3 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 281 | |
| T3 | Gary Murphy | 74 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 281 | |
| T3 | Maarten Lafeber | 71 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 281 | |
| 7 | Rory McIlroy | 70 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Bradley Dredge | 68 · 73 · 66 · 76 | 283 | |
| T8 | Alvaro Quiros | 72 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 283 | |
| T10 | James Kingston | 75 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 284 | |
| T10 | Anthony Wall | 72 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 284 | |
| T10 | Martin Kaymer | 77 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 284 |
The golfer
born in Hull, England; ENG; turned pro 2003; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 218 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 20 2008)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet