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With This Win.... Raphaël Jacquelin - BMW Asian Open
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With This Win.... Raphaël Jacquelin - BMW Asian Open

With this win Raphaël Jacquelin secured his second European Tour International Schedule victory in his 275th  European Tour event as a professional. It was his first victory since the 2005 Open de Madrid – a gap of 36 events.

• His last three tournaments – Estoril Open de Portugal, Volvo China Open and the BMW Asian Open, has finished second, tied sixth and first. From those 12 rounds is 19 under par

• From those three tournaments has won €540,479 and moved from 78th to seventh in The European Tour Order of Merit as a result

• First Frenchman to win the BMW Asian Open

• First French winner on the 2007 European Tour International Schedule

• First French victory on The European Tour since Jean Van De Velde at the 2006 Madeira Island Open

• Extends the number of consecutive French wins on The European Tour to  four, dating back to 2004

• The 14th French victory on The European Tour

• The fourth French golfer to record multiple European Tour victories, following Thomas Levet, Jean-Francois Remesy and Van de Velde

• The fourth wire-to-wire winner on the 2007 European Tour and second to lead with no ties after any round, following Chapchai Nirat at the TCL Classic

• Second wire-to-wire winner of the BMW Asian Open, following Ernie Els in 2005

• Gains a place in the 2007 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational

• Gains a place in the 2008 HSBC Champions

• Gains a European Tour exemption until the end of 2009

• Gains his largest European Tour prize of €283,570 (£193,317)

• Fourth top ten finish of the season and 37th of his European Tour career

• The 171th European Tour win by a former Challenge Tour player

• The 12th  European Tour win by a former European Challenge Tour player on The 2007 European Tour, following José Manuel Lara (UBS Hong Kong Open), Justin Rose (MasterCard Masters), Alvaro Quiros (Alfred Dunhill Championship),  Ariel Canete (Joburg Open),  Stenson (Dubai Desert Classic, WGC – Accenture Match Play),  Peter Hedblom (Maybank Malaysian Open),  Mikko Ilonen (Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open), Anton Haig (Johnnie Walker Classic), Daniel Vancsik (Madeira Islands Open BPI), Markus Brie (Volvo China Open) and Jacquelin (BMW Asian Open)

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