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Sunday 30 March 2008European TourYear in Review
Levet wins MAPFRE Open de Andalucia
Aloha Golf Club, Puerto Banús, Spain · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 2008 · Thomas Levet’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · MAPFRE
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/10°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/14°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 48 · 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
- Oliver Fisher ENG · 272Led by three with six holes to play; hit his three-iron through the 72nd fairway into water and bogeyed, then bogeyed the 18th again from a bunker in the playoff. Levet conquers vertigo to scale heights again - Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
144 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
MAPFRE Open de Andalucia
Aloha Golf Club, Aloha Golf Club, Puerto Banús, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Levet
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
30 March 2008
Imagine being in a car that is spinning for 45 minutes - or a hamster spinning on its wheel, except I'm not the hamster, I'm the wheel.
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
30 March 2008
Now I've got a card for at least the next two years. It was an unbelievable battle today and it just shows you that it's never over until it's over.
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
30 March 2008
On the final hole I just turned it over a little bit and it pitched 15 to 20 yards short of the water. As soon as you get it going on the wind it goes miles.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Levet | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Oliver Fisher | 70 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood | 65 · 73 · 66 · 71 | 275 | |
| T4 | Patrik Sjoland | 70 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 276 | |
| T4 | Alex Noren | 69 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 276 | |
| T6 | Michael Jonzon | 69 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 278 | |
| T6 | Robert Dinwiddie | 72 · 65 · 75 · 66 | 278 | |
| T8 | David Lynn | 70 · 67 · 68 · 74 | 279 | |
| T8 | Markus Brier | 71 · 72 · 66 · 70 | 279 | |
| T10 | Alvaro Velasco | 73 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 280 | |
| T10 | Manuel Quiros | 72 · 72 · 71 · 65 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1968-09-05, Paris, France; FRA; turned pro 1988; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 270 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 13 2008)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet