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Sunday 22 June 2014European TourYear in Review
Ilonen wins Irish Open
Fota Island Resort, Cork, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 2014 · Mikko Ilonen’s win no. 4 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
16 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° 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
- Edoardo Molinari ITA · 272Closed with a 4-under 67 but Ilonen, two clear on the 18th tee, bogeyed the last after driving into the trees to win by one. Mikko Ilonen wins Irish Open (AP) - ESPN
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Irish Open
Fota Island Resort (Deerpark), Fota Island Resort, Cork, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mikko Ilonen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Peninsula (AFP)
23 June 2014
Martin and I are good friends and he has been texting me all week encouraging me on to win this week,
The Peninsula (AFP)
23 June 2014
And for me to win wire-to-wire, it was very much Martin Kaymer-inspired win.
Associated Press via ESPN
22 June 2014
It's a very humbling moment to look at these names,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikko Ilonen | 64 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Edoardo Molinari | 67 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Matthew Baldwin | 67 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T3 | Kristoffer Broberg | 69 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T3 | Daniel Willett | 73 · 66 · 63 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Magnus Carlsson | 66 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Graeme McDowell | 68 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Ross Fisher | 68 · 72 · 70 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Michael Hoey | 68 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Chris Wood | 69 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Richard Finch | 68 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Gregory Bourdy | 68 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Gary Stal | 70 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1979-12-18, Lahti, Finland; FIN; turned pro 2001; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 63 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 25 2014)).
What’s in the bag
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