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Sunday 17 May 2009European TourYear in Review
Lowry wins the 3 Irish Open
County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, County Louth, Ireland · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 2009 · Shane Lowry’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · 3 · weather: two weather delays during the week (driving rain, gale-force winds); final round weather-delayed but completed Sunday
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R112°/10°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 33 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R212°/9°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 39 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/8°C · wind 35 km/h SSE, gusts 73 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R411°/9°C · wind 32 km/h SE, gusts 59 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Robert Rock ENG · 271Tied for the lead with Lowry overnight; holed a putt at the 17th to draw level, then lost the sudden-death playoff on the third extra hole after going through the 18th green; as leading professional he received the €500,000 first prize. Shane Lowry wins The 3 Irish Open - Golf Monthly
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
The 3 Irish Open
County Louth Golf Club, County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, County Louth, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Shane Lowry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk
17 May 2009
And more. For me, this is much better than an All Ireland medal.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 May 2009
Would have been happy enough to make the cut and went out, and shot 62, on Friday and after that, I thought, right, this is my week, I can win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 May 2009
I said it that to my caddie: Would he ever just miss?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Lowry | 67 · 62 · 71 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Robert Rock | 66 · 65 · 69 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Johan Edfors | 64 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Marc Warren | 67 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Nick Dougherty | 66 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Alastair Forsyth | 67 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Roope Kakko | 66 · 67 · 76 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Brett Rumford | 73 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Thomas Levet | 67 · 66 · 73 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Chris Wood | 69 · 67 · 76 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Anthony Wall | 72 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Richard Bland | 71 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1987-04-02, Mullingar, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 2009; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet