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Sunday 4 May 2008European TourYear in Review
Lawrie wins Open de España
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May 2008 · Peter Lawrie’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 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
13 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/9°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/13°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 23 · 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
- Ignacio Garrido ESP · 273Led by three entering the final round, holed a 30-foot birdie on the 72nd to force a playoff, then spun his pitch back into the water at the second extra hole. Lawrie breaks his duck in Seville - Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de España
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Lawrie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
4 May 2008
I've three bullets to dodge and if I dodge them I'm the winner,
Associated Press (via The Honolulu Advertiser)
4 May 2008
I thought I'd had it won and was telling my caddie Dermott to pack up because we have to catch a plane, when he (Garrido) holed that last putt.
Irish Golf Desk (Brian Keogh)
4 May 2008
I thought it was going to stop short left and it snuck in. I'd love to see a replay of myself.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Lawrie | 68 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Ignacio Garrido | 66 · 63 · 72 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 274 | |
| T4 | Miguel A Jimenez | 70 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 275 | |
| T4 | David Lynn | 70 · 66 · 73 · 66 | 275 | |
| T4 | Alfredo Garcia-Heredia | 69 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 275 | |
| 7 | Richard Finch | 72 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 276 | |
| T8 | Martin Erlandsson | 65 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 277 | |
| T8 | Peter Hanson | 74 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 277 | |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 72 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 278 | |
| T10 | Andrew McLardy | 72 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 278 | |
| T10 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 71 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Alex Noren | 74 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Danny Willett | 73 · 70 · 64 · 71 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1974-03-22, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1997; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 243 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 18 2008)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet