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Sunday 7 September 2014European TourYear in Review
Lipsky wins Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 September 2014 · David Lipsky’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,300,000 EUR · Omega
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/7°C · wind 6 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/4°C · wind 5 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/1°C · wind 6 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/3°C · wind 6 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 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
- Graeme Storm ENG · 262overnight leader missed a 30-foot putt to win on the 72nd hole, then sliced his playoff tee shot against a wall and bogeyed the first extra hole David Lipsky wins European Masters - ESPN (AP)
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (Severiano Ballesteros course), Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Lipsky
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Irish Golf Desk
7 September 2014
I don’t want to let this trophy go, that’s for sure. It’s been an incredible day and an incredible week, I don’t want to wake up and realise I’ve dreamed it.
Associated Press via ESPN
7 September 2014
It has really developed me as a player. Now, with European Tour status, I'll have to think about different scheduling.
Irish Golf Desk
7 September 2014
It’s tough to take right now. I didn’t have much time between finishing my final round and starting the play-off, so I probably wasn’t as composed as I should’ve been,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lipsky | 67 · 64 · 66 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Graeme Storm | 64 · 66 · 64 · 68 | 262 | −18 |
| T3 | Tyrrell Hatton | 67 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| T3 | Brooks Koepka | 65 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 263 | −17 |
| T5 | Danny Willett | 67 · 70 · 64 · 63 | 264 | −16 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 64 · 68 · 63 · 69 | 264 | −16 |
| 7 | Jamie Donaldson | 65 · 64 · 69 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| 8 | Richie Ramsay | 62 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Romain Wattel | 68 · 69 · 65 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T9 | Lee Slattery | 68 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| T9 | Gareth Maybin | 64 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-14, Los Angeles, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2011; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 369 that week (OWGR rankBefore 369 per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet