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Sunday 29 August 2010European TourYear in Review
Molinari wins Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 2010 · Edoardo Molinari’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1,400,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 22 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 42 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/7°C · wind 34 km/h NW, gusts 75 · 0 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
- Brett Rumford AUS · 279posted the clubhouse lead with closing birdies for a 70, then Molinari birdied the last three holes to beat him by one; rued a bogey at the 12th Edoardo Molinari wins to secure Ryder Cup place - BBC Sport
156 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Gleneagles Hotel, PGA Centenary Course, PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Edoardo Molinari
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via Golf.com (Scottish Golf View)
29 August 2010
I was under a lot of pressure out there because I did not know if second place was going to be good enough to impress Colin Montgomerie with the wild-card situation
BBC Sport
29 August 2010
I knew if I won the tournament I could almost force Monty to give me a pick. That's, luckily, what I did,
Associated Press via Golf.com (Scottish Golf View)
29 August 2010
It was never going to be a day of low scoring. The wind was very strong out on the course and very difficult to read.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edoardo Molinari | 70 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Brett Rumford | 71 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Jamie Donaldson | 69 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 70 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 70 · 68 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
| 6 | Simon Dyson | 68 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Marcel Siem | 71 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Bradley Dredge | 71 · 68 · 74 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Damien McGrane | 72 · 67 · 70 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Phillip Archer | 70 · 73 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | George Coetzee | 69 · 68 · 74 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Jyoti Randhawa | 70 · 70 · 69 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Gregory Bourdy | 68 · 70 · 70 · 76 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1981-02-11, Turin, Italy; ITA; turned pro 2006; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 21 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom 21 (rank entering the event)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet