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Sunday 15 September 2013European TourYear in Review
Luiten wins KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 September 2013 · Joost Luiten’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · KLM
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/14°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 34 km/h NW, gusts 54 · 9.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 46 km/h WSW, gusts 72 · 5.3 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
- Miguel Angel Jiménez ESP · 268bogeyed the 15th and 17th to let Luiten draw level, then lost on the first playoff hole after driving into the rough at the 18th Joost Luiten rallies, wins in playoff - ESPN (AP)
156 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joost Luiten
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
15 September 2013
It was tough. He was playing really, really good, especially on the front nine,
Associated Press via ESPN
15 September 2013
I thought 'I just have to hang in there until the back nine and hopefully I can make a move there,' and luckily it happened.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joost Luiten | 69 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 64 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T3 | Ross Fisher | 69 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Grégory Havret | 67 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 63 · 71 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Damien McGrane | 65 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| 7 | Julien Quesne | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| 8 | Søren Kjeldsen | 68 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T9 | Pablo Larrazábal | 65 · 66 · 77 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | David Horsey | 71 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1986-01-07, Bleiswijk, Netherlands; NED; turned pro 2006; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 81 that week (OWGR rankBefore 81 (rankAfter 55) per OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet