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Sunday 5 May 2013European TourYear in Review
Rumford wins Volvo China Open
Binhai Lake Golf Club, Tianjin, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 2013 · Brett Rumford’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse CN¥20,000,000 CNY · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Mikko Ilonen FIN · 276Could only par the 12th as Rumford holed a 45-foot eagle putt to pull three clear; closed with a 71 to finish four back. Brett Rumford wins China Open - ESPN (Associated Press)
156 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Binhai Lake Golf Club, Binhai Lake Golf Club, Tianjin, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brett Rumford
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (via ESPN)
5 May 2013
It's quite surreal. It's the first time I've actually played the week after a win, so I'm more than pleased.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
5 May 2013
It's quite a feat and that makes it very special, so I feel very honored and special
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Rumford | 68 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Mikko Ilonen | 69 · 63 · 73 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Victor Dubuisson | 71 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 66 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Ricardo Santos | 70 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Pablo Larrazábal | 71 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 7 | Andreas Harto | 72 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Felipe Aguilar | 71 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Thomas Bjørn | 70 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Paul Casey | 71 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Joost Luiten | 73 · 67 · 68 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1977-07-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 122 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet