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Sunday 25 October 2015European TourYear in Review
Rose wins UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 October 2015 · Justin Rose’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse US$2,000,000 USD · UBS
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/24°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/25°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 41 · 0.3 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
- Lucas Bjerregaard DEN · 264co-leader after 54 holes, led by two with nine to play but made a double-bogey six on the 14th after hitting trees and lost by one Justin Rose edges Lucas Bjerregaard for Hong Kong Open title (PA Sport) – ESPN
144 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Rose
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 October 2015
I don't know. Obviously I wanted to make that second putt. You always want to finish in style.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 October 2015
From 12 onwards, I scared the hole pretty much on every putt.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 October 2015
The last time I was out in the final group on a Sunday, I shot 89. So 20 shots better today, I'll take that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | 65 · 66 · 64 · 68 | 263 | −17 |
| 2 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 66 · 66 · 63 · 69 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Soomin Lee | 70 · 69 · 66 · 64 | 269 | −11 |
| T3 | Patrick Reed | 68 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T3 | Jason Scrivener | 68 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T3 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Wen-Tang Lin | 67 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Y.E. Yang | 68 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Matt Ford | 69 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Anirban Lahiri | 67 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-30, Johannesburg, South Africa; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile and event results).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet