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Sunday 16 November 2014European TourYear in Review
Koepka wins Turkish Airlines Open
The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek, Turkey · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 November 2014 · Brooks Koepka’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · Turkish Airlines
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 34° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 24 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/14°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 30 · 7.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, 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
- Ian Poulter ENG · 272missed a five-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff; a third-round 75 did the damage Koepka wins first Euro Tour title (ESPN.com news services / AP) – ESPN
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turkish Airlines Open
The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek, Turkey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brooks Koepka
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2014
Yeah, to look where I was a year and a half ago on The Challenge Tour and now to be a winner on The European Tour is incredible, especially winning four times there and winning out here, it's very special.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2014
We were kind of between 4-iron and hybrid and I just took a little bit off the hybrid, and in the air, I was kind of hoping it would sit, and it did.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2014
it was probably a bad thing that I actually stood there and watched Westy's put, because I think he pushed it slightly and it fell in the right edge.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 69 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | 64 · 66 · 75 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Henrik Stenson | 70 · 70 · 70 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Andy Sullivan | 67 · 75 · 66 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 63 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Danny Willett | 67 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Wade Ormsby | 65 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Marcel Siem | 70 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 10 | Eddie Pepperell | 70 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1990-05-03, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2012; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 61 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile).
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