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Sunday 23 June 2013European TourYear in Review
Els wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 June 2013 · Ernie Els’s win no. 28 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 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
15 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/20°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 19 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 61 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 28 · 12.8 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
- Thomas Bjørn DEN · 271Tied for the lead with Els until a bogey at the 11th and a double bogey at the 14th; closed with a 69, one back. Ernie Els wins Munich for 28th title (AP) - ESPN
156 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
23 June 2013
I'm a very young 43-year-old. There's not a younger 43-year-old, I promise,
BMW Group press release
23 June 2013
I led from the first round, and they have been hunting me ever since. There was a lot of pressure, as I had some great players behind me. That makes me all the happier to have won.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 63 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Thomas Bjørn | 68 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Alexander Levy | 65 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Bernd Wiesberger | 66 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Martin Kaymer | 64 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Alex Noren | 64 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Wenyi Huang | 71 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Sergio Garcia | 71 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Darren Fichardt | 70 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T10 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | John Parry | 67 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Paul Waring | 66 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 64 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Brandon Stone | 66 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Joost Luiten | 69 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Marcel Siem | 67 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Peter Uihlein | 70 · 66 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 28; majors to date: 4; world No. 20 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 25 2013)).
What’s in the bag
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