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Sunday 28 June 2009European TourYear in Review
Dougherty wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Eichenried, near Munich, Germany · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 June 2009 · Nick Dougherty’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · BMW
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/14°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 19 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 19 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/16°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 21 · 6.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 21 · 6.7 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
- Rafael Echenique ARG · 267closed with a 62 including an albatross 2 at the par-five 18th and a record back-nine 27, but finished in the clubhouse one short of Dougherty Dougherty holds on for BMW title - BBC Sport
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Eichenried, near Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Dougherty
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 June 2009
At first it sounded like the grandstand had fallen down, so I was really sad, but I was even more sad to learn that it was actually him making a 2.
BBC Sport
28 June 2009
The strength that my Mum had lives on in me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 June 2009
Well, I hit a great driver and then it I was 243 yards to the pin. The wind helped a little bit to the left and I hit a great shot, a little draw with a 3-iron.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Dougherty | 69 · 65 · 68 · 64 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Rafael Echenique | 68 · 69 · 68 · 62 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 64 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 69 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Felipe Aguilar | 69 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Graeme Storm | 70 · 70 · 64 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | David Drysdale | 70 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 8 | Shiv Kapur | 71 · 66 · 70 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Richard Green | 71 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Danny Willett | 67 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Thomas Levet | 68 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | James Kingston | 67 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Søren Kjeldsen | 68 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 68 · 65 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1982-05-24, Bootle, Liverpool, England; ENG; turned pro 2001; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 120 that week (OWGR rankBefore 120 (rankAfter 64) per OWGR player profile events table 2009; BBC also calls him world number 120).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet