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Sunday 5 June 2011European TourYear in Review
Noren wins Saab Wales Open
The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 June 2011 · Alex Noren’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1,800,000 GBP · Saab
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 25 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/12°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 43 · 1.7 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 · 277
- Gregory Bourdy FRA · 277
156 started, 64 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Saab Wales Open
The Celtic Manor Resort, The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alex Noren
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
5 June 2011
I've proved to myself I can hit a lot of greens and not just rely on my short game,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Noren | 67 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Gregory Bourdy | 67 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T2 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Pablo Larrazábal | 70 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 71 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Johan Edfors | 68 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Peter Hanson | 65 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Peter Whiteford | 70 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Joel Sjöholm | 72 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Magnus Carlsson | 71 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Jamie Donaldson | 68 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1982-07-12, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2005; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 127 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 23 2011)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet