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Sunday 4 November 2012PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Poulter wins WGC-HSBC Champions
Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November 2012 · Ian Poulter’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · HSBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/20°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 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
- Phil Mickelson USA · 269Missed a 5-foot par putt at the 12th and could not get close enough to the pins to birdie in; closed 68, two back (T2) Ian Poulter wins HSBC Champions (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Ernie Els RSA · 269Dropped a shot at 14 when a 3-foot par putt caught the lip and narrowly missed a birdie putt at 18; closed 67 (T2) Ian Poulter wins HSBC Champions (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Jason Dufner USA · 269Closed with 64 to tie for second, two back Ian Poulter wins HSBC Champions (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Scott Piercy USA · 269Closed with 65 to tie for second, two back Ian Poulter wins HSBC Champions (Associated Press, via ESPN)
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-HSBC Champions
Mission Hills Golf Club (Olazabal Course), Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ian Poulter
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2012
It still doesn't give you the kind of same buzz you get playing The Ryder Cup, even with nine holes to play. It's just not quite as much adrenaline in the body.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2012
But a couple of rounds of golf that I played in the three weeks off, I made 27 birdies without hitting a golf ball in practise in three broken rounds of golf.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
4 November 2012
I saw what he was doing. I was aware. So I tried to carve a few shots in to some of the pins and wasn't able to get close enough to them to make birdies to catch him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | 69 · 68 · 65 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Jason Dufner | 68 · 66 · 71 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Scott Piercy | 68 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 70 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 66 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 67 · 61 · 72 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 65 · 63 · 70 · 72 | 270 | −18 |
| 8 | Adam Scott | 65 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 9 | Martin Kaymer | 68 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 10 | Bill Haas | 69 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1976-01-10, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table (also rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
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