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Sunday 18 October 2015European TourYear in Review
Sullivan wins Portugal Masters
Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura, Portugal · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October 2015 · Andy Sullivan’s win no. 3 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
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/15°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/18°C · wind 35 km/h SSE, gusts 81 · 18.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 40 · 15.9 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
- Chris Wood ENG · 270closed with 68 to finish a distant second, nine shots behind the wire-to-wire winner Andy Sullivan canters to nine-shot Portugal Masters victory – ESPN
126 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portugal Masters
Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andy Sullivan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 October 2015
Biggest thing, the rough, putting that rough up. Hit a lot of fairways and a lot of greens. When the rough got up it sort of definitely played into my hands.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 October 2015
Felt like I never really got to relax over that second shot on 18, even though I knew I had a big lead. Golf's a funny game. You never know what can happen.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 October 2015
Probably after five or six holes. He wasn't missing a shot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Sullivan | 64 · 64 · 67 · 66 | 261 | −23 |
| 2 | Chris Wood | 68 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Anthony Wall | 69 · 64 · 72 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Trevor Fisher Jr | 66 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Eduardo De La Riva | 65 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Craig Lee | 67 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T6 | Thomas Pieters | 65 · 66 · 72 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T6 | Jorge Campillo | 66 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Bernd Ritthammer | 69 · 66 · 73 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 72 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Mikko Korhonen | 69 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Robert Rock | 70 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Stephen Gallacher | 67 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Edouard Espana | 70 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Garth Mulroy | 69 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1987-05-19, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2011; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 66 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile and event results).
What’s in the bag
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