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Sunday 15 November 2009European TourYear in Review
Bourdy wins UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories, Hong Kong · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 November 2009 · Gregory Bourdy’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse US$2,500,000 USD · UBS
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 45 · 17.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 50 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 2.9 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 263Started the final round five behind and shot 64, but three-putted the 17th for his only bogey and finished two back. Bourdy wins after McIlroy charge (BBC Sport, 15 Nov 2009)
144 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, New Territories, Hong Kong
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Gregory Bourdy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
15 November 2009
Dubai was a big objective and a big motivation. I need to win and I did it - it's great
BBC Sport
15 November 2009
I didn't look at the leaderboard until the 18th green so I didn't know McIlroy played well. I wanted to stay focused on my game
BBC Sport
15 November 2009
my goal this week was to win the Hong Kong Open and I have come up just short again, for the second year in a row.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Bourdy | 64 · 67 · 63 · 67 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 68 · 65 · 64 | 263 | −17 |
| T3 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 63 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Francesco Molinari | 66 · 68 · 66 · 64 | 264 | −16 |
| T5 | Raphael Jacquelin | 66 · 68 · 68 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Ian Poulter | 68 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| 7 | Peter Lawrie | 66 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| 8 | Simon Dyson | 68 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T9 | Scott Strange | 68 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T9 | David Dixon | 64 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1982-04-25, Bordeaux, France; FRA; turned pro 2003; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 217 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 46, 2009) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 217 on OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet