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Sunday 17 August 2008European TourYear in Review
Hanson wins SAS Masters
Arlandastad Golf, Uppland, Sweden · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2008 · Peter Hanson’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · SAS
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 64 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 53 · 11.5 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
- Nick Dougherty ENG · 272
- Pelle Edberg SWE · 272
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
SAS Masters
Arlandastad Golf, Arlandastad Golf, Uppland, Sweden
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Hanson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Hanson | 66 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| T2 | Nick Dougherty | 66 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T2 | Pelle Edberg | 69 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Paul Broadhurst | 67 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 273 | |
| T4 | Gary Orr | 67 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 273 | |
| T4 | Sam Walker | 72 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 273 | |
| 7 | Soren Kjeldsen | 69 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 274 | |
| T8 | Daniel Chopra | 71 · 64 · 67 · 73 | 275 | |
| T8 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | |
| T8 | Raphael Jacquelin | 73 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 275 | |
| T8 | Bradley Dredge | 71 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 275 | |
| T8 | Jamie Donaldson | 68 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 275 | |
| T8 | Oliver Fisher | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1977-10-04, Svedala, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1998; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 89 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 33 2008); OWGR news: up 25 places to 64th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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