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Sunday 26 April 2015European TourYear in Review
Wu wins Volvo China Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, China · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 2015 · Ashun Wu’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse CN¥20,000,000 CNY · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/12°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/12°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 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
- David Howell ENG · 280Needed a birdie at the par-5 18th but ran his long eagle putt seven feet past, missed the birdie and then the par putt to finish one behind. Wu wins China Open as David Howell four-putts final hole - Eurosport (Reuters)
156 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ashun Wu
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Northwest Asian Weekly (Associated Press)
26 April 2015
There’s a long journey in a golf career, someone can hit a low score in their 30s, 40s, so I have to just be patient and keep practicing, keep playing the tournaments, and it will come,
KSL.com (Associated Press)
26 April 2015
I played very good today — not down, not up. Just simple golf today.
KSL.com (Associated Press)
26 April 2015
Obviously a crying shame for me not to come home with the trophy, but there's I don't know how many billion people who are rather pleased I made six on the last,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashun Wu | 73 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | David Howell | 68 · 72 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Emiliano Grillo | 73 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Prom Meesawat | 72 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Alexander Levy | 69 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| 6 | Haotong Li | 71 · 68 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| 7 | Richie Ramsay | 72 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Byeong Hun An | 72 · 68 · 76 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Tyrrell Hatton | 75 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Romain Wattel | 72 · 67 · 74 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Peter Uihlein | 70 · 67 · 76 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Julien Quesne | 69 · 67 · 76 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Magnus Carlsson | 73 · 72 · 65 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1985-06-22, Xiamen, Fujian, China; CHN; turned pro 2007; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 247 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet