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Sunday 1 May 2011European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins Ballantine's Championship
Blackstone Golf Club, near Seoul, South Korea (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May 2011 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse €2,205,000 EUR · Ballantine's
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Miguel Angel Jiménez ESP · 277Overnight joint leader needed one birdie over the closing holes to force a playoff but managed only pars on the back nine and closed with a 71. Back-to-back victories for Westwood - Al Jazeera
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Ballantine's Championship
Blackstone Golf Club, Blackstone Golf Club, near Seoul, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Scottish Golf View (Asian Tour news release)
1 May 2011
We had a nice bottle of red wine over dinner and I told Jimenez that I'll see him in the play-off. It nearly went that way but thankfully it didn't go to that,
Scottish Golf View (Asian Tour news release)
1 May 2011
I watched him play the last, from the 15th green. It was more nerve-racking watching it on the television than being out there playing, because you have a bit of control when you're out there playing,
Scottish Golf View (Asian Tour news release)
1 May 2011
He's (Westwood) a great player. He won two weeks in a roll and he's the number one player in the world. Pity I didn't beat him today, he beat us,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 72 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 70 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Park Sang-hyun | 67 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | Dustin Johnson | 70 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | S.S. Hong | 69 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Alex Noren | 70 · 69 · 67 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Jbe Kruger | 73 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | James Morrison | 69 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Brett Rumford | 71 · 63 · 73 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Joong Kyung Mo | 71 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Kim Kyung-tae | 69 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Dae-hyun Kim | 71 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 21; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2011) from OWGR player profile; Asian Tour release: 'world number one').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet