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Sunday 23 March 2008European TourYear in Review
Forsyth wins Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March 2008 · Alastair Forsyth’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €700,000 EUR · BPI
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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R112°/11°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 41 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 46 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 53 · 3.9 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
- Hennie Otto RSA · 273Led from the second round and by five entering the final day; closed with a level-par 72 (31 putts), birdied the 72nd to tie, then missed an eight-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. Lawrie tied 10th in Madeira - Irish Golf Desk
144 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alastair Forsyth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk
23 March 2008
I went into the year feeling pretty good about my game after last year and I was hoping to carry that on but I made a really poor start with all the missed cuts,
Irish Golf Desk
23 March 2008
But I had trust in my game and faith in my ability and a lot of trust in Bob who told me I was swinging it well.
Irish Golf Desk
23 March 2008
If I made-under 30 putts, even just 29, I’d have won. But 31 putts it is not enough. You can be a billionaire but you can’t buy a putt.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alastair Forsyth | 70 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Hennie Otto | 67 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Gary Clark | 72 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Sven Struver | 66 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | John Bickerton | 69 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Alvaro Velasco | 73 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Fredrik Widmark | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| 8 | Gary Orr | 72 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 9 | Martin Wiegele | 73 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Sebastien Delagrange | 71 · 75 · 67 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Ben Evans | 74 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Peter Gustafsson | 68 · 73 · 73 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Peter Lawrie | 75 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Matthew Millar | 75 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1976-02-05, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1998; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 179 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 12, 2008) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet