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Sunday 22 May 2011European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins Volvo World Match Play Championship
Finca Cortesín Golf Club, Casares, Andalusia, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May 2011 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse €3,400,000 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
14 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Luke Donald ENG · lost 2 & 1
24 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo World Match Play Championship
Finca Cortesín Golf Club, Finca Cortesín Golf Club, Casares, Andalusia, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | ||
| 2 | Luke Donald | ||
| T3 | Nicolas Colsaerts | ||
| T3 | Martin Kaymer | ||
| T5 | Charl Schwartzel | ||
| T5 | Graeme McDowell | ||
| T5 | Francesco Molinari | ||
| T5 | Alvaro Quiros | ||
| T9 | Lee Westwood | ||
| T9 | Soren Kjeldsen | ||
| T9 | Aaron Baddeley | ||
| T9 | Johan Edfors | ||
| T9 | Ross Fisher | ||
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | ||
| T9 | Seungyul Noh | ||
| T9 | Jhonattan Vegas |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 0; world No. 22 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 21 2011); Wikipedia seeding table also lists rank 22 as of 15 May 2011).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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