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Sunday 23 January 2011European TourYear in Review
Kaymer wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 January 2011 · Martin Kaymer’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse US$2,700,000 USD · HSBC
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/20°C · wind 23 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/18°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 22 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/18°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 272Started five behind, bogeyed the second, third and fifth to fall eight back, and closed with 69 to finish outright second, eight strokes adrift. Kaymer in crushing win at Abu Dhabi - Golf365
126 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Martin Kaymer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Gulf News
24 January 2011
It's quite nice to overtake somebody you think of as probably the best player in the world, or the best player that ever lived.
Gulf News
24 January 2011
The only bogey I made was on a shank
Golf365
23 January 2011
Indeed, I consider it as my home course, I always play well here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 67 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Retief Goosen | 70 · 71 · 69 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell | 66 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | David Lynn | 69 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Gareth Maybin | 71 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 71 · 73 · 67 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Charl Schwartzel | 64 · 71 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 71 · 72 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 72 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1984-12-28, Düsseldorf, West Germany; GER; turned pro 2005; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2011) from OWGR player profile; rose to No. 2 with the win (Gulf News, Golf365)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet