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Sunday 2 May 2010European TourYear in Review
Quiros wins Open de España
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain · Thursday 29 April to Sunday 2 May 2010 · Alvaro Quiros’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 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
13 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/15°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 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
- James Morrison ENG · 277Closed with a 67 to force sudden death, then pulled his second shot into the water at the first playoff hole (the 18th) and double-bogeyed. Quiros is local hero in play-off for Spanish Open - Scottish Golf View
- Mark Foster ENG · 278Led by three overnight but closed with a 74, missing three-foot putts on the 16th and 18th to miss the playoff by one. Foster wastes three-shot lead as Quiros wins in Spain - BBC Sport
156 started, 83 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de España
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alvaro Quiros
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
2 May 2010
To be the winner of your Open is something really, really great - with the Ryder Cup and the World Cup it's the best three things in golf for me.
Scottish Golf View (AOL golf news service)
2 May 2010
Mark Foster was playing really well and I knew I had to make birdies,
Scottish Golf View (AOL golf news service)
2 May 2010
I'm loving every minute of it. This start is past my expectations, but you have to believe in yourself. This is the biggest prize I've ever played for.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvaro Quiros | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | James Morrison | 73 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Alejandro Cañizares | 71 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 69 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Mark Foster | 69 · 66 · 69 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Paul Waring | 66 · 75 · 72 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Paul Lawrie | 74 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 71 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Stephen Dodd | 69 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Gregory Bourdy | 69 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Jamie Donaldson | 71 · 72 · 66 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-21, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 35 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2010) from OWGR player profile; BBC: 'the world number 35').
What’s in the bag
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