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Sunday 17 June 2012European TourYear in Review
Fichardt wins Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 June 2012 · Darren Fichardt’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €500,000 EUR · Neuflize OBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/6°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 38 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 63 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.9 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
- Gary Lockerbie ENG · 282Started well back; back-to-back birdies at the 16th and 17th in a closing 69 lifted him to second, three behind. Darren Fichardt wins Saint-Omer Open - Golf Monthly
156 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Fichardt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
17 June 2012
It wasn't pretty today, I was absolutely terrified and glad we didn't have to play any more holes.
Golf Monthly
17 June 2012
The exemption for next season is very welcome, I'm just glad I got the job done.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Fichardt | 68 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
| 2 | Gary Lockerbie | 69 · 75 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −2 |
| 3 | Simon Wakefield | 67 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T4 | Charlie Ford | 74 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 286 | +2 |
| T4 | Pelle Edberg | 70 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 286 | +2 |
| T4 | Adam Gee | 67 · 72 · 75 · 72 | 286 | +2 |
| T4 | Wil Besseling | 71 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 286 | +2 |
| T8 | Björn Åkesson | 75 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 287 | +3 |
| T8 | Magnus Carlsson | 73 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 287 | +3 |
| T8 | James Heath | 71 · 70 · 74 · 72 | 287 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-13, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1994; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 307 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 24 2012)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet