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Sunday 8 May 2011European TourYear in Review
Aiken wins Open de España
Real Club de Golf El Prat, near Barcelona, Spain · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 May 2011 · Thomas Aiken’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 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
14 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/12°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/15°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 56 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 2.6 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
- Anders Hansen DEN · 280
156 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de España
Real Club de Golf El Prat, Real Club de Golf El Prat, near Barcelona, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Aiken
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Aiken | 68 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Anders Hansen | 69 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Scott Jamieson | 66 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Pablo Larrazábal | 67 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Paul Lawrie | 72 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Simon Dyson | 75 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Phillip Price | 70 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Grégory Havret | 71 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | David Horsey | 71 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Romain Wattel | 67 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1983-07-16, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 104 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 19, 2011) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet