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Sunday 16 August 2009European TourYear in Review

The English Open cancelled

St Mellion International Resort, Cornwall, England · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2009 · Not played: in January 2009 the revival was postponed for at least two years (to 2011) because developers of golf homes at St Mellion ran into financial difficulties in the credit crunch; start/end are the scheduled dates (13-16 August).

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

The weather

14 h 15 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

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The ones it got away from

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Same week

DP World Tour event

The English Open

St Mellion International Resort (Jack Nicklaus Signature Course), St Mellion International Resort, Cornwall, England

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Result

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From the papers

BBC News

Unfortunately like many companies the credit crunch has created additional challenges for the third party developers engaged in developing the non-hotel golfers' accommodation at St Mellion.

Stephen Lewis, quoted in BBC News, 21 January 2009. The report
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The golfer

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What’s in the bag

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