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Sunday 16 September 2012European TourYear in Review
Fernández-Castaño wins BMW Italian Open
Royal Park I Roveri, Fiano, near Turin, Italy · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 September 2012 · Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/11°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/10°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 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
- Garth Mulroy RSA · 266fell behind with a bogey on the 17th; Fernández-Castaño birdied the 18th to win by two Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano wins - ESPN (AP)
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW Italian Open
Royal Park I Roveri, Royal Park I Roveri, Fiano, near Turin, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
16 September 2012
It felt like match play out there and I'm delighted to have come out on top,
Associated Press via ESPN
16 September 2012
It feels very special to win this tournament again. I knew it would have to be a low round to win today and so it proved. The putts were going in today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 68 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Garth Mulroy | 66 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | Matteo Manassero | 69 · 69 · 65 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Gregory Bourdy | 69 · 64 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T5 | Gary Boyd | 69 · 70 · 68 · 63 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 71 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Martin Kaymer | 70 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Pablo Larrazábal | 69 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| 9 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 67 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Jaco Van Zyl | 71 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Marc Warren | 68 · 65 · 72 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1980-10-13, Madrid, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 45 that week (OWGR rankBefore 45 (rankAfter 37) per OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet