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Sunday 24 May 2015European TourYear in Review
An wins BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 May 2015 · Byeong Hun An’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €5,000,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/5°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/8°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/10°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.9 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
- Thongchai Jaidee THA · 273third after 54 holes, closed with a 69 to share second, six behind 2015 BMW PGA Championship - Wikipedia
- Miguel Angel Jiménez ESP · 273closed with a 67 to share second, six behind An's record total 2015 BMW PGA Championship - Wikipedia
150 started · cut +1, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, West Course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Byeong Hun An
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
OWGR news
25 May 2015
It's like a fifth Major to me. It's the biggest title I have won and gets me into a lot of events. This is life-changing.
OWGR news
25 May 2015
I wasn't expecting this. I didn't know that a win was this close. It came all of a sudden.
Cal Athletics (calbears.com)
24 May 2015
This is definitely the biggest event I've won since I've turned pro. This definitely got me in a lot of events, and I'm really happy with that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byeong Hun An | 71 · 64 · 67 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 68 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Thongchai Jaidee | 70 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Chris Wood | 68 · 73 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| 5 | Francesco Molinari | 65 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Shane Lowry | 74 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 71 · 65 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Julien Quesne | 72 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Alex Noren | 72 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 10 | Alejandro Cañizares | 72 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1991-09-17, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2011; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 132 that week (OWGR rankBefore for BMW PGA Championship 2015 (132 -> 54) per OWGR player profile; OWGR news also says he moved from 132nd).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet