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Sunday 22 May 2011European TourYear in Review
Hoey wins Madeira Islands Open
Porto Santo Golfe, Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May 2011 · Michael Hoey’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €700,000 EUR
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/17°C · wind 39 km/h N, gusts 52 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/18°C · wind 34 km/h NNE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/17°C · wind 32 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/17°C · wind 34 km/h NE, gusts 45 · 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
- Jamie Elson ENG · 280Third-round co-leader with Hoey; bogeys at the 5th and 7th and a closing 73 left him two behind. Hoey claims two-shot Madeira triumph - UPI
- Chris Gane ENG · 280
, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Islands Open
Porto Santo Golfe, Porto Santo Golfe, Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael Hoey
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Echo
2011-05
I hit one in the rocks on 13 and I thought, that's it, I've thrown this thing away completely.
Irish Echo
2011-05
But somehow I managed to make a good swing on the third shot and holed that for bogey. That was huge, kept me in it, then I birdied the next and parred my way in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hoey | 72 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Chris Gane | 67 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Jamie Elson | 71 · 68 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Federico Colombo | 70 · 73 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Jose-Filipe Lima | 70 · 75 · 69 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Lloyd Saltman | 68 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Markus Brier | 74 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Magnus Carlsson | 71 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Colm Moriarty | 72 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Tom Whitehouse | 74 · 70 · 72 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Branden Grace | 74 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Sebi Garcia | 74 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Lee Slattery | 72 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Ricardo Santos | 72 · 73 · 66 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Alastair Forsyth | 71 · 69 · 69 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1979-02-13, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2002; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 374 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 21 2011)).
What’s in the bag
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