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Sunday 10 July 2011European TourYear in Review
Donald wins Barclays Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 July 2011 · Luke Donald’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse £3,000,000 GBP · Barclays · weather: Saturday's play was washed out by heavy rain and the event was reduced to 54 holes; the second round was completed on Sunday morning before the final round
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 59 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 33 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 11 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/14°C · wind 7 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 21.3 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
- Fredrik Andersson Hed SWE · 201stormed through the field from the 10th tee with a closing 62, finishing with four birdies, but finished four behind Donald's 63 Golfer Luke Donald sweeps to Scottish Open victory - Daily FT (Reuters)
155 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Barclays Scottish Open
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Luke Donald
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Donald | 67 · 67 · 63 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | Fredrik Andersson Hed | 73 · 66 · 62 | 201 | −15 |
| T3 | Martin Wiegele | 69 · 68 · 65 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | Lorenzo Gagli | 68 · 68 · 66 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | Mark Tullo | 65 · 71 · 66 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | Ángel Cabrera | 71 · 64 · 67 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 69 · 66 · 67 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | George Coetzee | 66 · 69 · 67 | 202 | −14 |
| T3 | Scott Jamieson | 67 · 66 · 69 | 202 | −14 |
| T10 | Robert Coles | 70 · 69 · 64 | 203 | −13 |
| T10 | Matt Kuchar | 70 · 66 · 67 | 203 | −13 |
| T10 | Jamie Donaldson | 67 · 68 · 68 | 203 | −13 |
| T10 | Peter Hanson | 66 · 67 · 70 | 203 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1977-12-07, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2001; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore 1 (rankAfter 1) per OWGR player profile events table; Reuters calls him world number one).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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