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Sunday 30 January 2011European TourYear in Review
Casey wins Volvo Golf Champions
The Royal Golf Club, Kingdom of Bahrain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 January 2011 · Paul Casey’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse €1,700,000 EUR · Volvo
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Peter Hanson SWE · 269Level with Casey on the 18th tee, went from rough to a greenside bunker and missed from 10 feet for a bogey five. Paul Casey wins first title for 20 months in Bahrain - BBC Sport
- Miguel Angel Jiménez ESP · 269Birdied the last to post 19 under, but Casey got up and down from the rough at 18 to win by one. Paul Casey wins first title for 20 months in Bahrain - BBC Sport
98 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Golf Champions
The Royal Golf Club, The Royal Golf Club, Kingdom of Bahrain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Casey
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
30 January 2011
It is one of the toughest battles I've ever had,
BBC Sport
30 January 2011
The goal is obviously the majors, but how are you going to win major championships if you can't win regular events?
BBC Sport
30 January 2011
We thought it was going to be benign, but we faced a course that was treacherous,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Casey | 67 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Peter Hanson | 66 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 68 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 4 | Stephen Gallacher | 70 · 64 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| 5 | Robert Karlsson | 69 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Johan Edfors | 64 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | S.Y. Noh | 69 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Edoardo Molinari | 68 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Richie Ramsay | 72 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Alvaro Quiros | 67 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Alex Noren | 67 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Darren Clarke | 69 · 65 · 67 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1977-07-21, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; ENG; turned pro 2000; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 11; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 5, 2011) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet