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Sunday 5 October 2014European TourYear in Review
Wilson wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 October 2014 · Oliver Wilson’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 28° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/8°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 39 km/h SSW, gusts 64 · 22.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/8°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 32 · 22.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/8°C · wind 29 km/h S, gusts 47 · 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 272double-bogeyed the 1st after spinning back into the Swilcan Burn, recovered, then bogeyed the 17th after putting into the Road Hole bunker Oliver Wilson edges Rory McIlroy - ESPN (AP)
- Richie Ramsay SCO · 272led by two after birdies at 14 and 15, then bogeyed 16 and 17 Oliver Wilson edges Rory McIlroy - ESPN (AP)
- Tommy Fleetwood ENG · 272missed a six-foot putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff Oliver Wilson edges Rory McIlroy - ESPN (AP)
168 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews (final round); rotation with Carnoustie Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links, Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Oliver Wilson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
5 October 2014
So it's a dream come true to win a tournament as St. Andrews because three, four weeks ago my career was looking pretty grim.
Al Jazeera (quoting the European Tour website)
6 October 2014
I don’t have words for it. It’s been 10 years, 11 years coming,
Associated Press via ESPN
5 October 2014
I feel I cost myself the tournament in the space of 20 yards at the front of the green at the first and over at the Road Hole bunker, with both not too far away from each other,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Wilson | 64 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Richie Ramsay | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 73 · 62 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Rory McIlroy | 73 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 5 | Chris Doak | 70 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Richard Sterne | 73 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Shane Lowry | 66 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 70 · 74 · 62 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | 70 · 73 · 64 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Chris Wood | 70 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1980-09-14, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2003; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 792 that week (OWGR rankBefore 792 (rankAfter 156) per OWGR player profile; AP also states 792nd).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet