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Sunday 12 October 2008European TourYear in Review
Schwartzel wins Madrid Masters
Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2008 · Charl Schwartzel’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 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
10 h 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ricardo Gonzalez ARG · 268After a third-round 62 he closed with 68 and finished three behind Schwartzel, who led from halfway. Golf: Schwartzel wins Madrid Masters (AP, Honolulu Advertiser, 12 Oct 2008)
120 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madrid Masters
Club de Campo, Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Charl Schwartzel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (Honolulu Advertiser)
12 October 2008
I woke up this morning and felt a lot better than I have been feeling. I thought I ground it out nicely all week. I just managed to keep it going today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 64 · 66 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 69 · 69 · 62 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Pablo Larrazabal | 68 · 72 · 62 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Alvaro Quiros | 74 · 66 · 66 · 64 | 270 | |
| T4 | Robert Rock | 70 · 65 · 71 · 64 | 270 | |
| 6 | Paul Waring | 69 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 272 | |
| 7 | Carlos Del Moral Barilari | 69 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 273 | |
| T8 | Thongchai Jaidee | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | |
| T8 | Damien McGrane | 69 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 274 | |
| T10 | Jesus Maria Arruti | 72 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 275 | |
| T10 | Ignacio Garrido | 70 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 275 | |
| T10 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 74 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1984-08-31, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 97 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 41, 2008) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 97 on OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet