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Sunday 19 October 2008European TourYear in Review
Quiros wins Portugal Masters
Oceânico Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 October 2008 · Alvaro Quiros’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · third round finished on Sunday morning before the final round (BBC)
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/15°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 7 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/13°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
- Paul Lawrie SCO · 272Fast finish: holed a long putt at the 18th for a closing 67 that took him past Karlsson into second, three behind. Alvaro Quiros wins Portugal Masters (Golf Monthly)
126 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portugal Masters
Oceânico Victoria Golf Course, Oceânico Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alvaro Quiros
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2008
Seve was playing in a different way of the rest of the world. He was something special. He was playing more with the heart than the real game, and today was one of those days.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2008
The easy way, driver, green, one putt; and the other one is drive, I don't know where, chip, I don't know where, and a good putt, and this is the way that I played today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2008
I'm competitive again, which is nice. It's been a while since I've been competitive.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvaro Quiros | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Paul Lawrie | 70 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Robert Karlsson | 69 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Ross Fisher | 67 · 70 · 65 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Steve Webster | 72 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 6 | James Kingston | 69 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 274 | |
| T7 | Simon Dyson | 71 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 275 | |
| T7 | Gregory Bourdy | 69 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 275 | |
| T7 | Soren Hansen | 73 · 65 · 65 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Anthony Wall | 72 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | Chris Wood | 73 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-21, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 296 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 42, 2008) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 296 on OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet