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Sunday 6 November 2011PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Kaymer wins WGC-HSBC Champions
Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai, China · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 November 2011 · purse $7,000,000 USD · HSBC
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/19°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/21°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/21°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/18°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0.1 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
- Freddie Jacobson SWE · 271Long-time leader overtaken on the back nine by Kaymer's closing 63; bogeyed the 17th and closed with a 71 Martin Kaymer wins in Shanghai and Rory McIlroy climbs to world No2 (The Guardian, Lawrence Donegan)
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-HSBC Champions
Sheshan Golf Club, Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Martin Kaymer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2011
It was a good round, for sure. It started off a little slow. But then I holed a bunker shot on 7 for birdie and pretty much since then, I didn't miss a lot of golf shots.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2011
Yeah, you know, so far it has been an okay season, but with that win, it has been a good season.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 November 2011
I just hit my third shot playing for second at that point. There was no need to go for that back pin.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 69 · 68 · 68 · 63 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Freddie Jacobson | 67 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Graeme McDowell | 69 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Charl Schwartzel | 70 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 70 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 70 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Justin Rose | 68 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Hunter Mahan | 71 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 71 · 63 · 68 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| 10 | Jhonattan Vegas | 69 · 73 · 65 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1984-12-28, Düsseldorf, West Germany; GER; turned pro 2005; age 26 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet