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Sunday 29 January 2012European TourYear in Review
Rock wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 January 2012 · Robert Rock’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$2,700,000 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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 276Started two back, could not build momentum, missed a 10-footer for birdie at 17 and birdied the last to finish one behind; a two-stroke penalty on Friday for brushing sand off his line proved costly. McIlroy back to world No 2 as Rock wins Abu Dhabi - Irish Golf Desk
129 started · cut +2, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Rock
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk (Sky Sports interview)
29 January 2012
I really can't believe I have done that today. I was just very happy to be playing with Tiger. That's a special honour in itself.
ESPN.com (Bob Harig)
29 January 2012
This has been an amazing week for me,
Irish Golf Desk
29 January 2012
I couldn't get any momentum going. it was par after par after par. When I birdied 13 and made a great up and down for par on 14, I thought I have a chance here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Rock | 69 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Thomas Bjørn | 73 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Graeme McDowell | 72 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Matteo Manassero | 73 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | George Coetzee | 71 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Keith Horne | 71 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 70 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 74 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Paul Lawrie | 70 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1977-04-06, Armitage, Staffordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 117 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2012) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet