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Sunday 2 March 2008European TourYear in Review
Brown wins Johnnie Walker Classic
DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon, Haryana, India · Thursday 28 February to Sunday 2 March 2008 · Mark Brown’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £1,250,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/13°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/14°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/15°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 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
- Taichiro Kiyota JPN · 273Overnight leader; bogeyed the 12th once he began thinking he could win, made two bogeys over the last eight holes (71) and fell into a three-way tie for second. Golf: Mark Brown wins Johnnie Walker Classic by 3 (AP, Sandeep Nakai) - The Honolulu Advertiser
- Greg Chalmers AUS · 273Closed with 68 to share second, three behind. Golf: Mark Brown wins Johnnie Walker Classic by 3 (AP, Sandeep Nakai) - The Honolulu Advertiser
- Scott Strange AUS · 273Closed with 67 to share second, three behind. Golf: Mark Brown wins Johnnie Walker Classic by 3 (AP, Sandeep Nakai) - The Honolulu Advertiser
138 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
DLF Golf and Country Club, DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Brown
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 March 2008
It's the worst shot I've hit since I was 14! Totally out of the heel and so thin and I thought it was completely in the water.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 March 2008
I played for eight to nine years and first time round, I wasn't good enough physically and mentally. I worked for three years and to come back, I've worked really hard the last year and half
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 March 2008
As the score shows the front nine was great but on the back nine I started to think of victory and lost my pace.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Brown | 71 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | 68 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Taichiro Kiyota | 68 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Scott Strange | 71 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Johan Edfors | 71 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Shiv Kapur | 69 · 65 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Graeme Storm | 70 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 8 | Jyoti Randhawa | 70 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Prayad Marksaeng | 74 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Daniel Vancsik | 67 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1975-02-09, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 181 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 9, 2008) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet