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Sunday 20 April 2014European TourYear in Review

Westwood wins Maybank Malaysian Open

Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 April 2014 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 23 on the European Tour · purse US$2,750,000 USD · Maybank

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 05 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 82° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R132°/24°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 24 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R230°/25°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 23 · 9.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R332°/24°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R431°/25°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 9.7 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

, 72 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Maybank Malaysian Open

Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Lee Westwood

270Total
−18To par
7 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Associated Press (via ESPN)

It's a golf course that suits my game; it's very tight in certain areas. I played well, I putted well, and the short game is good,

Lee Westwood, quoted in Associated Press (via ESPN), 20 April 2014. The report

Associated Press (via ESPN)

It makes a helluva difference if you can get up-and-down if you miss a few greens as it keeps the momentum going.

Lee Westwood, quoted in Associated Press (via ESPN), 20 April 2014. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Lee Westwood65 · 66 · 71 · 68270−18
T2Bernd Wiesberger69 · 71 · 70 · 67277−11
T2Louis Oosthuizen72 · 68 · 69 · 68277−11
T2Nicolas Colsaerts66 · 69 · 72 · 70277−11
T5Rikard Karlberg72 · 69 · 67 · 70278−10
T5Danny Willett70 · 66 · 72 · 70278−10
T5Julien Quesne68 · 69 · 69 · 72278−10
T8Pablo Larrazábal74 · 68 · 70 · 67279−9
T8Thomas Pieters75 · 67 · 69 · 68279−9
T10Anirban Lahiri72 · 72 · 66 · 70280−8
T10Garth Mulroy71 · 68 · 69 · 72280−8
T10Eduardo De La Riva69 · 68 · 71 · 72280−8
The golfer

born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 23; majors to date: 0; world No. 36 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile); AP also calls him 36th-ranked).

Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet