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Sunday 29 June 2008European TourYear in Review
Larrazabal wins Open de France ALSTOM
Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 2008 · Pablo Larrazabal’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €4,000,000 EUR · Alstom
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/12°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 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
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 273closed with a 68 in his best display of the year but finished four behind the wire-to-wire leader Green seals fourth in France - Golf Australia (archive)
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France ALSTOM
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Pablo Larrazabal
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Australia
29 June 2008
the 150th best player here
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Larrazabal | 65 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | Soren Hansen | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| 4 | Richard Green | 73 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Markus Brier | 70 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | John Bickerton | 72 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 279 | |
| T7 | Paul McGinley | 71 · 73 · 70 · 65 | 279 | |
| T7 | Hennie Otto | 70 · 69 · 75 · 65 | 279 | |
| T7 | Soren Kjeldsen | 72 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 279 | |
| T7 | Charl Schwartzel | 73 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 279 | |
| T7 | Oliver Fisher | 66 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1983-05-15, Barcelona, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 482 that week (OWGR rankBefore 482 (rankAfter 138) per OWGR player profile events table 2008; Golf Australia says he 'entered the tournament 481st in the world').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet