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Sunday 13 October 2013European TourYear in Review
Lynn wins Portugal Masters
Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura, Portugal · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 2013 · David Lynn’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 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
- Justin Walters RSA · 267closed with 66 including four straight birdies, then parred the 18th to finish one stroke short David Lynn shoots 63 to win Portugal (Associated Press) – ESPN
126 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portugal Masters
Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Lynn
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 October 2013
I didn't want to wish bad on any player but I feel like I've paid my dues to be sat here and what was going to be was going to be sort of thing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 October 2013
So, you know, to do it, it's obviously huge and it's huge because it's been nine years since I've done it, as well.
Associated Press via ESPN
13 October 2013
I must admit I was thinking of Scott Jamieson's 60. If I could do something like that, who knows? The wind was up quite a bit today, so 8 under is a really good score.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lynn | 65 · 65 · 73 · 63 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Justin Walters | 69 · 63 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Stephen Gallacher | 70 · 67 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Bernd Wiesberger | 66 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Paul Waring | 67 · 63 · 67 · 71 | 268 | −16 |
| T6 | Jamie Donaldson | 65 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T6 | Hennie Otto | 66 · 64 · 69 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 69 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Ross Fisher | 67 · 66 · 71 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Pablo Larrazábal | 69 · 67 · 64 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Chris Doak | 67 · 64 · 69 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Simon Thornton | 65 · 69 · 65 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1973-10-20, Billinge, Wigan, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 41, 2013) from OWGR player profile; OWGR event page rankFrom 52).
What’s in the bag
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