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Sunday 19 April 2009European TourYear in Review
Strange wins Volvo China Open
Beijing CBD International Golf Club, Beijing, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 April 2009 · Scott Strange’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$2,200,000 USD · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° 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
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Gonzalo Fdez-Castano ESP · 281Closed with 72, birdieing the par-five last for second; said his putting was poor for the first 12 holes. Strange birdied the 14th, 15th and 17th. Golf: Scott Strange wins China Open by 1 stroke - The Honolulu Advertiser (AP)
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Beijing CBD International Golf Club, Beijing CBD International Golf Club, Beijing, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Strange
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sowetan (AFP)
20 April 2009
If my sister was here now, I'm sure she would be proud of me.
The Honolulu Advertiser (AP)
19 April 2009
I'm still here. ... I lost that for a while, straight after Wales, for about six months. To do this now is sort of putting the ship back on course.
The Honolulu Advertiser (AP)
19 April 2009
Today, I played the worst of the four days but I hung in there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Strange | 70 · 73 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | 71 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Mark Brown | 71 · 77 · 65 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Ash Hall | 75 · 71 · 65 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Richard Finch | 71 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Stephen Dodd | 74 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | David Dixon | 72 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Paul McGinley | 74 · 67 · 75 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Chapchai Nirat | 69 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Markus Brier | 67 · 73 · 71 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1977-04-07, Perth, Western Australia; AUS; turned pro 2001; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 123 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 16 2009)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet