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Monday 10 November 2008European TourYear in Review
Garcia wins HSBC Champions
Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Monday 10 November 2008 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · HSBC · weather: all play washed out Friday and rain slowed Saturday; final round and playoff completed Monday 10 November
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Oliver Wilson ENG · 274Overnight leader closed with 70, saving par on 18 with a 7-footer to reach the playoff; his 10-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole stopped short of breaking in and Garcia holed from 7 feet. His fifth runner-up finish of 2008. Golf: Sergio Garcia wins HSBC Champions in playoff (AP, Stephen Wade) - The Honolulu Advertiser
77 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
HSBC Champions
Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 November 2008
But the prize money, I'm just going to try to put it in a bank that doesn't go bankrupt.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 November 2008
To tell you the truth, right after I won THE PLAYERS, I thought I could get to No. 3. I thought No. 2 was still quite difficult, but it's awesome. It's great. I've never achieved that before.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 November 2008
It's just getting to a stage where second is not good enough anymore. There was a time when I was pleased to be finishing there, and it's gone, and it's about time I took my chance.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 66 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Oliver Wilson | 67 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Peter Hanson | 69 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Geoff Ogilvy | 70 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 5 | Henrik Stenson | 65 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 66 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Prayad Marksaeng | 68 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 10 | Alvaro Quiros | 70 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 45, 2008) from OWGR player profile events table; the win moved him to No. 2 (AP, ASAP)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet