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Sunday 24 August 2008European TourYear in Review
Clarke wins KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 August 2008 · Darren Clarke’s win no. 12 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · KLM
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/16°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0.4 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
- Paul McGinley IRL · 268
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Clarke
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 64 · 66 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| 2 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 268 | |
| 3 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 269 | |
| T4 | Lee Slattery | 70 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 271 | |
| T4 | Marc Warren | 72 · 64 · 67 · 68 | 271 | |
| T6 | Soren Hansen | 65 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 272 | |
| T6 | Ross McGowan | 69 · 64 · 72 · 67 | 272 | |
| T8 | Michael Campbell | 68 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 273 | |
| T8 | Gary Orr | 68 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 273 | |
| T8 | Anthony Wall | 67 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 273 | |
| T8 | Gregory Bourdy | 69 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-14, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1990; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 0; world No. 90 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 34 2008); OWGR news: up 34 places to 56th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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