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Sunday 31 October 2010European TourYear in Review
McDowell wins Andalucía Valderrama Masters
Club de Golf Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 October 2010 · Graeme McDowell’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 40 km/h W, gusts 74 · 13 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
- Damien McGrane IRL · 283
- Gareth Maybin NIR · 283
- Søren Kjeldsen DEN · 283
96 started, 54 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Andalucía Valderrama Masters
Club de Golf Valderrama, Club de Golf Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Graeme McDowell
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme McDowell | 68 · 67 · 72 · 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T2 | Søren Kjeldsen | 71 · 75 · 68 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T2 | Damien McGrane | 68 · 73 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T2 | Gareth Maybin | 69 · 68 · 70 · 76 | 283 | −1 |
| T5 | Joost Luiten | 74 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 284 | E |
| T5 | Thomas Bjørn | 72 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 284 | E |
| T7 | Raphael Jacquelin | 71 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 70 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 285 | +1 |
| 9 | S.S.P. Chawrasia | 71 · 73 · 72 · 71 | 287 | +3 |
| T10 | José María Olazábal | 73 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Steve Webster | 73 · 74 · 69 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Anthony Wall | 72 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | 70 · 73 · 69 · 76 | 288 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1979-07-30, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2002; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 44, 2010) from OWGR player profile; rankFrom 13 on OWGR event page).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet