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Sunday 2 December 2007European TourYear in Review
Finch wins Michael Hill New Zealand Open
The Hills Golf Club, near Queenstown, New Zealand · Thursday 29 November to Sunday 2 December 2007 · Richard Finch’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse NZ$1,500,000 NZD · Michael Hill
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/5°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 59 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/6°C · wind 6 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/9°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/9°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 32 · 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
- Steven Bowditch AUS · 277Led at halfway and started the final day second, but dropped shots on five of the first 11 holes; an eagle at the 17th got him back to a share of second, three behind. Finch claims maiden tour victory - RTÉ Sport, 2 Dec 2007
- Paul Sheehan AUS · 277Closed with a three-under 69 after bogeying the first to tie for second, three behind. Finch claims maiden tour victory - RTÉ Sport, 2 Dec 2007
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Michael Hill New Zealand Open
The Hills Golf Club, The Hills Golf Club, near Queenstown, New Zealand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Finch
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
RTÉ Sport
2 December 2007
I'm just thrilled to bits. I kept telling myself in the past couple of days not to think about winning,
RTÉ Sport
2 December 2007
I made a couple of mistakes. I was trying to avoid trouble and by doing that I found other trouble.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Finch | 73 · 65 · 64 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Paul Sheehan | 68 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Steven Bowditch | 69 · 65 · 71 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Craig Parry | 68 · 74 · 70 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Matthew Millar | 72 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Steven Jeffress | 71 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Alex Noren | 76 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| 8 | Peter Fowler | 69 · 75 · 62 · 73 | 279 | |
| T9 | Matthew Zions | 72 · 73 · 66 · 69 | 280 | |
| T9 | Oliver Fisher | 70 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1977-06-09, Hull, England; ENG; turned pro 2003; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 523 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 48, 2007) from OWGR player profile events table; age 30 stated by RTÉ).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet