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Sunday 3 July 2011European TourYear in Review
Levet wins Alstom Open de France
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July 2011 · Thomas Levet’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Alstom
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/9°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 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
- Mark Foster ENG · 278rounds of 68-68-68 then a closing 74; finished one behind Levet, tied second with Thorbjørn Olesen Alstom Open de France 2011 leaderboard - ESPN
- Thorbjørn Olesen DEN · 278closed with 70 to tie for second, one behind Alstom Open de France 2011 leaderboard - ESPN
156 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alstom Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Levet
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Press Association via The Guardian
6 July 2011
I will be off for six weeks, which is very bad timing with so many important tournaments coming up. However, the wonderful memory of winning my national Open will definitely keep me going through my recovery!
Press Association via The Guardian
6 July 2011
I am extremely disappointed to miss out on the Open Championship, but my specialist has advised me to have an operation on the fracture tomorrow morning
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Levet | 70 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T2 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 66 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Mark Foster | 68 · 68 · 68 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
| 4 | Martin Kaymer | 71 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T5 | Simon Khan | 70 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Richie Ramsay | 69 · 68 · 68 · 76 | 281 | −3 |
| T7 | Brendan Steele | 74 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T7 | Hennie Otto | 69 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T7 | James Morrison | 66 · 66 · 72 · 78 | 282 | −2 |
| 10 | Anthony Wall | 68 · 73 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1968-09-05, Paris, France; FRA; turned pro 1988; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 352 that week (OWGR rankBefore 352 (rankAfter 137) per OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet