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Sunday 11 December 2011European TourYear in Review
Quiros wins Dubai World Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 December 2011 · Alvaro Quiros’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse US$7,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/17°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/13°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 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
- Paul Lawrie SCO · 271Quirós holed a long eagle putt on the 72nd hole; Lawrie holed his own putt at the last but finished two strokes back. Dubai World Championship presented by DP World, December 11, 2011: Paul Lawrie - ASAP Sports
58 started, 57 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Dubai World Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alvaro Quiros
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 December 2011
I mean, I'm trying to enjoy of the under-pressure moment, and this is the way to take out the pressure I think, the positive way.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 December 2011
And then the putt was simple as, perfect, genius.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 December 2011
You're standing there, and I don't wish ill on anybody, but you're standing there thinking there's as much chance of him 3-putting as there is of him holing it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvaro Quiros | 68 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Paul Lawrie | 65 · 73 · 66 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Luke Donald | 72 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Peter Hanson | 64 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 5 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 72 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 71 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Robert Rock | 68 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Shane Lowry | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 10 | Pablo Larrazábal | 71 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-21, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 50, 2011) from OWGR player profile; OWGR event page rankFrom 52).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet