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Sunday 13 September 2009European TourYear in Review
Kingston wins Mercedes-Benz Championship
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 September 2009 · James Kingston’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Mercedes-Benz
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/11°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 42 · 0.6 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
- Anders Hansen DEN · 275Birdied the 17th as Kingston bogeyed it to force a play-off with a closing 67, then failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker on the first extra hole. James Kingston captures Mercedes-Benz Championship - NBC Sports (Associated Press)
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
James Kingston
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Brand South Africa (SAinfo)
14 September 2009
One minute you don't even think you are playing, and the next you win it!
Brand South Africa (SAinfo)
14 September 2009
It's like the South African Open. I was injured a couple of days beforehand, and didn't think I could play and I went on to win that. Two wins, and both of them unexpected.
Golf Monthly
13 September 2009
A week ago I didn't even know I was in the event
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Kingston | 67 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Simon Dyson | 68 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Soren Hansen | 65 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Peter Hanson | 70 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Anthony Wall | 69 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Henrik Stenson | 70 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | David Drysdale | 67 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Rod Pampling | 71 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Alex Cejka | 70 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1965-11-30, Ottosdal, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1988; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 140 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 37 2009)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet