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Sunday 17 November 2013European TourYear in Review
Stenson wins DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 November 2013 · Henrik Stenson’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse US$8,000,000 USD · DP World
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/21°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/22°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/22°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 28 km/h E, gusts 41 · 2.4 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
- Ian Poulter ENG · 269birdied his closing two holes for a 66 but finished second, six strokes behind Henrik Stenson claims Race to Dubai (Associated Press) – ESPN
56 started, 56 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Henrik Stenson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 November 2013
You probably would have to break a leg to mess that up, I would imagine, but you've still got to keep on going and focus on the right things and try and play simple.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 November 2013
So you know, to get the double-double sort of, winning the Tour Championship on both the tours and the total on both tours, that's going to take some beating I guess in the future.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 November 2013
I don't know what juice he's drinking at the minute, but I'd like some of that because that obviously seems pretty good.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 64 · 67 · 64 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | 69 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Victor Dubuisson | 70 · 66 · 64 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 4 | Joost Luiten | 73 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 73 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Jamie Donaldson | 68 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 72 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T10 | Peter Hanson | 70 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Justin Rose | 70 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1976-04-05, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1998; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 46, 2013) from OWGR player profile; OWGR event page rankFrom 3).
What’s in the bag
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