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Sunday 2 October 2011European TourYear in Review
Hoey wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2011 · Michael Hoey’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill · pro-am over three courses (Old Course St Andrews, Kingsbarns, Carnoustie); final round on the Old Course
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 29° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 12.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/13°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 8.3 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 · 268
168 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course, St Andrews (with Carnoustie and Kingsbarns Golf Links), Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael Hoey
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hoey | 66 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 70 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | George Murray | 70 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell | 67 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Marc Warren | 67 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 63 · 71 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Louis Oosthuizen | 66 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 8 | Padraig Harrington | 68 · 71 · 64 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 70 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Jamie Donaldson | 71 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Joost Luiten | 72 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Luke Donald | 69 · 71 · 63 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 71 · 63 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Jaco Van Zyl | 67 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1979-02-13, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2002; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 271 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 40, 2011) from OWGR player profile; Scottish Golf View/European Tour: began the week 271st).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet