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Sunday 1 November 2009European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins Barclays Singapore Open
Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 2009 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Barclays · weather: play interrupted; third round completed on the final day 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
11 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 22 · 14.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/25°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 17.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/25°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 7.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/25°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 22 · 4.1 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
- Liang Wen-Chong CHN · 275Closed with a 70 to finish one behind; Graeme McDowell, briefly a shot ahead of Poulter, fell away with three straight bogeys. Poulter secures Singapore title (BBC Sport, 1 Nov 2009)
156 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Barclays Singapore Open
Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
1 November 2009
Coming out today I made some mistakes to make it too close for comfort. But to stand on the last knowing I had to make five, I was pretty happy.
BBC Sport
1 November 2009
I have got better things to come over the next three weeks, I am only going to get better.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | 66 · 64 · 72 · 72 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Liang Wen-Chong | 69 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Scott Hend | 72 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | 72 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Charl Schwartzel | 72 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Graeme McDowell | 71 · 65 · 67 · 74 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Anders Hansen | 68 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| 8 | Niclas Fasth | 69 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Marcus Both | 72 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Andrew Dodt | 69 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Kodai Ichihara | 68 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Thomas Levet | 68 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Kenichi Kuboya | 70 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 44, 2009) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 21 on OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet