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Sunday 12 June 2011European TourYear in Review
Rock wins BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi
Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 2011 · Robert Rock’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · BMW
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 6 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 9.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/14°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 1.3 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
- Thorbjørn Olesen DEN · 268
- Gary Boyd ENG · 268
154 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi
Royal Park I Roveri, Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Rock
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Rock | 64 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 65 · 71 · 70 · 62 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Gary Boyd | 69 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 4 | Peter Whiteford | 68 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Joost Luiten | 66 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Michael Jonzon | 69 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Niclas Fasth | 69 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Matteo Manassero | 66 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Jbe Kruger | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 66 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1977-04-06, Armitage, Staffordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 165 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 24 2011)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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