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Sunday 22 July 2012PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Els wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2012 · Ernie Els’s win no. 19 on the PGA Tour · purse £5,000,000 GBP · 141st Open Championship
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/13°C · wind 32 km/h WNW, gusts 52 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Adam Scott AUS · 274Led by four with four holes to play after a birdie at the 14th, then bogeyed each of the last four holes, missing an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd that would have forced a playoff 2012 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +3, 83 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Adam Scott
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 July 2012
But I really feel for my Buddy, Scottie, I really do. I've been there before. I've blown majors before and golf tournaments before, and I just hope he doesn't take it as hard as I did.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 July 2012
Yes, as I sit here they look pretty good. £125, yeah, beats $8,000 an hour on a private jet.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 July 2012
I know I've let a really great chance slip through my fingers today. But somehow I'll look back and take the positives from it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 67 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| 2 | Adam Scott | 64 · 67 · 68 · 75 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 277 | −3 |
| T3 | Brandt Snedeker | 66 · 64 · 73 · 74 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 70 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T5 | Graeme McDowell | 67 · 69 · 67 · 75 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 65 · 77 · 72 · 65 | 279 | −1 |
| T7 | Thomas Aiken | 68 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 71 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Geoff Ogilvy | 72 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 71 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Alex Noren | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 73 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | 69 · 67 · 72 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 69 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 65 · 74 · 66 · 75 | 280 | E |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 19; majors to date: 4; world No. 40 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 141st Open Championship)).
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