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Sunday 8 July 2012European TourYear in Review
Siem wins Alstom Open de France
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 July 2012 · Marcel Siem’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €3,150,000 EUR · Alstom
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 48 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 7.7 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
- Francesco Molinari ITA · 277Set the clubhouse target with a 64 (double bogey at the 1st, then nine birdies, home in 29) but Siem birdied the 14th and 15th to finish one shot clear. Marcel Siem wins Alstom Open de France - Golf Monthly
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alstom Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Marcel Siem
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
8 July 2012
So many tournaments I kind of destroyed already this year. I was always up there, and I'm so happy that I really got it done in the end,
Golf Monthly
8 July 2012
It's all about winning in the end and it puts so much pressure every time you don't win and people start talking, you will never win again and stuff like that, so it's very important for me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Siem | 68 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 2 | Francesco Molinari | 71 · 68 · 74 · 64 | 277 | −7 |
| 3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 68 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | David Lynn | 67 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Ian Poulter | 72 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | David Howell | 70 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Brendan Steele | 70 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Justin Rose | 71 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Søren Kjeldsen | 70 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-15, Mettmann, Germany; GER; turned pro 2000; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 120 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 27 2012)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet