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Sunday 18 November 2007European TourYear in Review

Jiménez wins UBS Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories, Hong Kong · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 November 2007 · Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s win no. 14 on the European Tour · purse US$2,250,000 USD · UBS

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

10 h 51 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R126°/19°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/19°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R327°/21°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R423°/19°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 41 · 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

144 started, 73 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

DP World Tour event

UBS Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories, Hong Kong

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Miguel Ángel Jiménez

265Total
−15To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Monthly

I feel sorry for Robert, I don't like to see him finish this way,

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, quoted in Golf Monthly, 18 November 2007. The report

Golf Monthly

I'm going to have a cigar, some nice food, maybe a few whiskies and we'll see what happens.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, quoted in Golf Monthly, 18 November 2007. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Miguel Ángel Jiménez65 · 67 · 66 · 67265−15
T2Thongchai Jaidee66 · 67 · 68 · 65266−14
T2K.J. Choi62 · 72 · 65 · 67266−14
T2Robert Karlsson64 · 64 · 66 · 72266−14
5Peter Hanson68 · 66 · 65 · 68267−13
6Graeme McDowell67 · 66 · 68 · 68269−11
T7Trevor Immelman71 · 62 · 70 · 67270−10
T7Jarmo Sandelin69 · 64 · 68 · 69270−10
T7Gary Simpson69 · 67 · 65 · 69270−10
T7Daniel Chopra66 · 68 · 66 · 70270−10
T7Marcus Fraser67 · 68 · 64 · 71270−10
The golfer

born 1964-01-05, Málaga, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1982; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 0; world No. 60 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 46, 2007) from OWGR player profile events table; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).

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