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Sunday 22 April 2012European TourYear in Review
Grace wins Volvo China Open
Binhai Lake Golf Club, Tianjin, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 April 2012 · Branden Grace’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse CN¥20,000,000 CNY · Volvo
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Nicolas Colsaerts BEL · 270The defending champion closed with a 69 to match Grace's final round and finished three behind, taking solo second with a birdie on the last. Branden Grace wins China Open by three - Scottish Golf View
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Binhai Lake Golf Club, Binhai Lake Golf Club, Tianjin, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Scottish Golf View
22 April 2012
To have won three now, before May, is unbelievable. Now I want to win every weekend.
Scottish Golf View
22 April 2012
I stayed really calm even after the bogey. I think the experience of earlier this year really helped me a lot.
Scottish Golf View
22 April 2012
I thought I could have got little meaner on Branden today. I had a few chances.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 67 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 68 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Richard Finch | 67 · 73 · 65 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Victor Dubuisson | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | George Coetzee | 72 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 68 · 73 · 65 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 72 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Alex Noren | 68 · 72 · 63 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Marcus Fraser | 67 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 70 · 68 · 64 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 89 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile / event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet